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THIRSTY MERC

By Dave Williams

Yeah, you’re right. well, we’ll have to see, I guess. We’ve talked to few people about it, over in the States, and we’ll probably be recording another album by the end of the year. if anything is released overseas, it could be a collaboration of the first album and that album. So, if they don’t think they’re going to get it ... whatever.

I’d like to put it out as it is, because I think what we’ve got is a really strong body of work and I think it flows really well. If you put it with a whole bunch of stuff that is going to be perfect, commercially, for them, it may not have the same feel. As a debut album, Thirsty Merc, is a bit of a corker. There have been that many singles off it ... I don’t really want to change that, but we’ll see what happens.

The album at the end of the year ...

Record at the end of the year. We’re looking to release about September or something.

You’ll release in Australia first or ...?

I don’t know. We’ll have to see.

I guess it’s up to the record company, as well.

Yeah, of course it is. They’re the ones with the bucks.

Talking about bucks, I thought you would’ve got cash on the deal.

Well, I wasn’t there for it, so I don’t really know what was agreed, but we’ve been told there will be definite release of the album, or a album at the end of year. They did sign stuff, but it wasn’t like a five album deal. I think it’s more like a distribution deal, I think.

What does your family think of all this?

They dig it.

Guitarist Sean Carey spoke to Dave Williams while on "honeymoon."

Really?

Hah. Hah. Hah. Yes, I’m serious.

Can you hold on a second, one of my kids is knocking at the door.

You do what you’ve got to do.

I thought that with then signing of this deal with Atlantic Records, that your bank balances would have gone straight up.

No. We haven’t sold a cent over the, you know what I mean, and there’s not much money in Australia, either.

(After saying good bye to Isabella, Lili and Ruby, who are off to the park) Do you have kids?

No, I’m only 24, I’m a baby. I’m the baby of the band.

I’m 34, so I’m doing the kids thing.

That’s just right. Perfect timing.

Do you have a girlfriend? Or partner? (One should never assume too much) No, it’s actually really, really hard to keep anything going. I’m going away on Friday. We’re going away for ten weeks, on the road. So, it’s impossible. They get the shits, ‘cause you’re never home and if you are home you want to “decompress and be by yourself. I joined the band last and I had a girlfriend and broke up about three months into it, because it’s a different lifestyle.

It’s very hard to keep anything going.

It reminds me of a fisherman. I knew a shark fisherman and he said the same thing.

Yeah?

Yeah, he’d be out for six or seven weeks and when he’d come home, all he’d want to do is sit around, sleep and watch TV. Is that the same sort of thing?

Yeah, and because you’ve been surrounded constantly by people, you need to get to know yourself again. You don’t want to talk to anyone, especially about what you’ve been doing. You’d know what I’m talking about yourself. ‘Cause you do it every day. And every gig you, do everyone is asking what’s going on, for fuck (sake).

It’s a bit hard. That’s the worst thing, but there’s plenty of other perks.

What have you been up to at the moment?

We’re actually on a break at the moment. Carl, our drummer, just got married, which is great so we all got a honeymoon for two weeks.

That’s a bit of an anomaly, isn’t it?

Yeah, exactly. he’s the smart guy in the band. he’s the only one with a job, a full-time job, and he’s got a beautiful wife, now. The rest of us are just starving musicians.

It’s the live performances where artists tend to make the money, isn’t it?

Yeah, that’s where the money is. We tour quite a lot and we try to promote them as much as we can to as many people as we can. Also, the saddest thing ... is there’s the merchandise ... to support the band, you’re better off buying a pair of Thirsty Merc knickers or a t-shirt or something, other than the Cd, ‘cause we make more money off the t-shirts. isn’t that crazy.

Yeah, but it’s hard to listen to a t-shirt.

Hah. hah. Yeah, that’s right.

today?

That’s what I thought, as well. I thought, is he just some old guy, they still give him his office ‘cause he’s been there for so long, but apparently he has a lot to do with everything that’s happening over there and he’s still very much on. he’s very much not about what’s going to sell, but what’s going (in a husky voice) “to connect with people”. That’s his whole thing. he only wants to release stuff that people are going to really dig. He only releases stuff with some kind of emotional impact to it. I understand what you’re saying. I mean, Aretha Franklin, that’s 30, 40 years ago. That’s like your dad telling you what music to play!

I didn’t sleep for two days.

I was shitting myself.

Talking with the deal with Atlantic records, the deal was secured with Ahmet Urtegun.

Yeah, he’s the fucking big guy, man. He signed Ray Charles, Aretha Franklin, The Rolling Stones, you name it. he’s the big guy and he actually came down. Rai, our singer and our manager, Francis, went over there and met everybody and did a couple of boardroom performances. Apparently he never comes down (for these) but he knew about the band and came down and watched it, liked it and then they had a big meeting and he actually knew the stuff quite well and he believes if it’s released correctly, it could be a really good song over there. He was actually talking about the lyrical content and he liked it, understood it and Rai was actually quite excited and refreshed to hear that one of the biggest guys in the business really respected his music. I was pretty amazed, but Rai couldn’t believe it. It’s great.

Talking about the people that he has signed, though. those people were signed 30, 40 years ago. How do you think a guy like that still has an ear for what will sell in the States

Talking about the lyrical content, you’ve concentrated, in the past in keeping a uniquely Australian feel to your songs.

Yeah, that’s cool isn’t it.

Yeah, I think it’s cool and I think it’s anti the whole cultural-cringe thing. that here is as good ads anywhere else.

Yeah, I was the last to join the band. I was a fan of the band. They played with my band a couple of times and I followed them around, ‘cause I thought they were the best band I’d seen around. I liked them, listen to them on the radio and watched them on rage and stuff. And that was the thing that grabbed me, that this guy (Rai) had a total Australian accent, but he does it with so much confidence that you don’t question it at all. It never came into my min, “Oh, this guy’s got a really bad Australian accent. This is making me cringe.” It was never in my mind. I just thought they were really good.

But lyrically, though, they’re songs with Australian perspectives an how do you think that’ll translate, internationally?

That’s the thing. Songs on the CD, like, “I wish someone would build me a bridge,” and that was in Sydney and about the shit traffic and that’s totally Australian. they’re not going to get that, at all.

I don’t know, Sydney is very well known now.

Did anyone ever say to you, get a haircut and get a real job?

Initially, but not anymore. I went to Uni straight after school and I dropped out, ‘cause I couldn’t do anything else. Music is what I have to do. it was pretty clear to everybody that was what I was going to be doing. I’ve been playing in bands in Sydney since I was old enough to be in clubs. I work in a recording studio for extra cash, so that’s what I do. I’m a musician. I’m a music head. My mum and Dad have always been really supportive. They love music. I can’t remember one saturday morning the Beatles wasn’t on full blast. They love it. They come to all the gigs.

How much do you have to do with the song writing?

The new album we’re working on, because we’re on the road so much, we work on them together, a lot. In sound checks or whatever, we’ll have an idea and we’ll come together. we’re making it that everyone has a bit more of a hand in the songs. Rai is an incredible song writer. he’s the best song writer I’ve ever met. And Phil wrote some of the last album, which is excellent. I’ve been a song writer since OI could play guitar, so Rai wants to have some of my input on the next album, as well, which will be a real buzz . I’d be really proud to have something on the next album.

When you joined the band, what was it like being the new guy?

It was tough. I don’t know if many people know much about the band’s background, but these guys are motherfuckers, in a musical sense.

They are really excellent musicians. Rai has come from a strong jazz background. Phil is one of the best double-bass players around. And I’ve never seen anyone play keyboards better than Rai. So guitar is actually his second instrument. he’s learnt the guitar and he’s never had a lesson. These guys are the best musicians I’ve ever met. I work in a studio, so I meet (muso’s) all the time. When they asked me to come on tour with them, I had to learn all the songs in two days. We had a rehearsal and then we went on the road. I didn’t sleep for two days. I was shitting myself. It was a very steep learning curve, but I got through it alright and now it’s alright and now I don’t care anymore.

When do you think you’ll tour internationally?

The talk is that we’ll do a single over there, first and we’ll probably tour the Uk before we tour anywhere else, which is cool. I’d love to do that.

The best music in the world is from the UK, in my eyes. But I think we’ll release a single (in the States) and we’ll have to go over and do some promotional stuff before an album or anything comes out. And it probably won’t be one big trip, we’ll probably have to go over a few times.

Probably early next year we’ll be in the UK and might have to tag on the States. It’s a big dream for me. I’m trying not to think about it too much, ‘cause I never thought I’d ever get that far.

ROCK SALT

Sugartrain

By Dave Williams

any soul into it.

The members of Sugartrain come from a lot of different musical backgrounds, including jazz and metal, so what kind of music do Sugartrain play?

Where did you get that information?

From the bio’s.

Oh, right. Yeah, metal and that. Sort of Goth and I played in punk and new-wave and that sort of stuff, too.

Is that the sort of stuff Sugartrain does now?

No. We’ve all done our time, playing in ... original music. I’ve been to the mainland and stuff, in original bands. We’ve all done original music and we’ve all done cover bands too. We started just doing a few of our favourite funk songs, really.

Some Sly and The Family Stone, some Aretha Franklin, some James Brown.

So, you’re a cover band?

Yep. Ok. Cover bands get a bit of a hard time from original music bands. Do you think that’s fair?

Ah, yeah, ‘cause most cover bands are rubbish.

When I was doing original music, I used to think a lot of cover bands were rubbish. At the same time, we’d play a few covers, but it’s whether you put your own twist on the covers and if you play them with a bit of heart or you have the idea of making a bit of money and you’re just doing it to play the songs without any original input, putting

If everyone were playing covers, wouldn’t it be stagnating the industry?

Sure. Of course it would. Yeah, that’s right. That’s why from when I was 16 to 30 I played original music. But I ended up having a family and got sick of being on the dole and making $30 a gig, playing in original bands, or nothing sometimes ... having shit gear and no money, going to the Salvation Army to get food vouchers, stuff like that. I thought I’d much rather play music than get a normal 9 to 5 job, so I thought I might as well try and play some covers stuff. But, like I said, we’re playing the music that we love. We’re not just doing Top 40 covers. We don’t do any Top 40 covers.

So it was a necessity?

Yeah.

If you’d got a break as an original band, you might have kept going with that.

Yeah, for sure. For sure, yep. I also started up Funkalistic, about ten years ago now, for which I wrote all the stuff and programmed all the stuff.

It was a little bit ahead of its time, back then, ‘cause there were hardly any people doing any live programming. There were, probably, a few DJ’s around, but we were programming stuff, sequenced stuff and it was all dance music oriented.

Was there a lack of support for original music?

Well, that band did really well. We had a regular gig at Cafe Who for about three years and it was packed every night. That was an eight piece band and it was hard keeping eight people paid and keeping them all together (even) for rehearsal. As you get older you get busier, you get kids ... In the end, as it was an eight piece, and ... got sick of playing. We were doing original stuff, and a few covers, and it was hard to get three hours of different original music every week. We did covers, as well ... some hip hop stuff, some dance stuff ...

Alice Cooper

Do you see more support for original music or haven’t things changed much?

I think there is a little bit more support. Tasmania is quite good as far as venues go. And cheap rent and less distance. I know that when I moved to Sydney, it was very hard to do original music, because there are gigs there, there might be a pub to play in, but there might not be an audience there. To rehearse you have to pay a fair bit for a practice room and you can’t leave your gear there. Down here, we’d be able to rent a practice room for $20 a week and be able to leave our gear there ... you didn’t have lug it in and load out every time. All that makes a difference.

I read a comment by a mainland record producer, formerly from Tasmania, who said bands in tassie were failing to take their careers to the next level and losing the investment in time and skills. is that what happened to you?

Yeah, a bit.

If you’d got a record deal ...?

Yeah, we were down here. We didn’t have access. None of us had the money to hire a studio and put a CD together. None of us are rich. It’s much easier these days with home recording studios. Much easier.

It seems like a generation of musicians haven’t had the same opportunities, due to the lack of technology.

Yeah, it was much harder to do that sort of thing.

If you look at the pub scene, where I started playing original music, no bands from down here went very far. They’d go to the mainland and it’s be a whole different ball-game, because you just don’t know anyone. You get there and there’s already a whole city of people playing. You’ve got to start from scratch again. it’s a hard slog.

If there was one thing that could have assisted bands to get to the next level, what would it have been, or is it a combination of things. ?Yeah, I think it’s a combination of things, really.

It’s hard to say. I think, with everything, if you’ve really got the drive to do it, you’ll do it.

And in the more intimate sized venues, Alice’s always spectacular horror theatrics will be even more richly enjoyed.

Rock Legend Comes to Tassie

Off stage, last year Alice took on a new medium for entertaining… he took to the airwaves with the ‘Welcome to the Night Man’ radio show, broadcast from 7pm- midnight on 30 stations across America.

Acclaimed as one of the most influential and popular rock artists ever and with sales in excess of 50 million albums, the Coop has true icon cult status, commanding loyal audiences of all ages and musical inclination.

He also opened a second Coopers’town memorabilia bar & grill in Cleveland to add to the flagship restaurant in Phoenix.

(Slash’s Snakepit and others), and Damon Johnson (Brother Cane), bassist Chuck Garric (Dio and LA Guns) and drummer Tommy Clufetos (Ted Nugent) – Alice clocked up more than 80 shows last year.

After The Flames

by Nita Walker

Like Phoenixes from the ashes After the Flames have flown out across the state to leave Devonport pretty damn proud.

What’s that? Yes, After The Flames are a Devonport based band, and yes, that is the name that has flown to your ears over and over in the last few months. You see, After the Flames have been support bands for headline acts such as Antiskeptic, Gerling and Strung Out. Their name is inspired by One Dollar Short's “After the Fire”.

The boys consider themselves as “a high energy rock band with a melodic hardcore edge.” And we would defiantly have to agree. They have been together since August 2003, and first really started to come to everyone’s attention after the Devonport heat of Rock Challenge.

The four boys (Matthew, Aaron, Robsy and Daniel) are the original After The Flames line up, and aren’t looking at breaking up anytime soon, despite that there isn’t a huge scene for their music genre.Their lists of original songs are written as a band, and are not about past experiences. The boys love what they do, have no regrets, and with their enthusiasm and desire to play regular shows, we seriously hope they grab themselves a huge name. So what’s up for After The Flames in the future? Well, looking into the crystal ball, the boys see recording, writing, more gigs and hopefully an interstate trip. And on the improvements list? Everything.

up to Australian audiences this time around, but that should come as no surprise because one thing Alice Cooper has never been is predictable. What it will do is rock, loud and hard.

Special guest will be one of the legends of Australian rock’n’roll – Billy Thorpe.

Ever the journeyman rock’n’roll chameleon, Thorpie evolved from child star, beat pop sensation and cuddly pop crooner to finally emerge as the country’s wildest and heaviest blues rocker.

Who knows what stage show Alice will serve

“Alice Cooper was a god, quite frankly.

Dressed in black leather, toying with a riding crop, he’s in fine form and prowls the stage like an unholy cross between Richard IIII and Liberace. Marilyn Manson’s spiritual grandpappy duly delivers the goods…..’(Ian Fortnam, UK reviewer)) In the 70s Alice created his own rock genre with a string of perfectly executed, metallic, American glam-rock super hits and the occasional devastating rock ballad – “Schools Out”, “Department Of Youth”, “Elected”, “No More Mister Nice Guy”, “Only Women Bleed”, “I’m Eighteen”, “ Billion Dollar Babies”, “Hey Stupid” to name a few.

The 57-year-old shows no signs of slowing down. His most recent album 2003’s “The Eyes Of Alice”, along with its predecessors “Brutal Planet” and “DragonTown” have been reviewed as amongst Alice’s best work.

With his band - long-time guitarist Ryan Roxie

‘GUTSY YET CLASSY SOUL, FUNKY RHYTHM AND BLUES’

Wednesday 25th May

Republic Bar - Hobart Friday 27th May

Dr Syntax - Hobart Saturday 28th May

Royal Oak - Launceston Sunday 28th May

Bridge Hotel - Forth

THE DARREN JACK BAND

“The songs that Alice have done are timeless to me”, says Sex Pistol Johnny Rotten in the notes accompanying “The Life and Times Of Alice Cooper” box set (Rhino) “They provide instant relief, they are not dictated by trends or fashion, they’re above and beyond all that.

Alice also puts on a brilliant freak show. He’s the perfect anti-hero. The attitude is there.

And the originality and gall and bravery. So, where is Alice Cooper’s proper place in this thing called rock’n’roll? Right bang up there, thank you very much.”

ROCK SALT

The Styles (Ltn) Interview with singer Luke Triffit ...

When I saw you play, supporting Melbourne’s Even, it was only the second time I’ve seen you play, about nine months apart, but to me the sound you guys put out was a lot clearer, a lot cleaner. You could actually hear each instrument , as opposed to before which was more of a mash of sound, what do you think has brought about that change?

I’m not really sure. We’re probably a lot more conscious now, of what we’re doing on stage. It has always bee, “We’re a rock and roll band. We’ve got play it loud, with everything cranked right up”, but we’re definitely taking a lot more care in our levels and for the different venues we play in, we’ve got to adjust to the room size and how it’s made up, and stuff like that. it could also be something to do with the mixer, too. The mixer we had (before) had a big rig and he used to pump it, so ...

How much is it to do with that you’ve got better at playing your instruments or have you bonded together better? definitely, mate. We’ve played so much since we got together two years ago, it can’t help but get better. Playing so much and jamming so much together, you can’t help but get better. I know, personally, I’ve improved a bit.

You’ve supported Cockfight Shootout and Even.

Cockfight shootout recommended you to Even and now Even has recommended you to support The Drones, at the Gunners Arms, what do you take away from playing these gigs?

It’s cool to get these contacts with these guys over there and even cooler to have them come down here, play with us, like what they hear and recommend us to guys over there, talk about us over in Melbourne. It’s cool for a little Launnie band to be talked about.

Do you learn anything from playing with them?

You definitely do, in terms of the stage show, stage presence. Not so much, musically, more to do with on-stage and the way they present themselves, right down to when they arrive and introduce themselves and the report with them.

By David Williams You’re planning a tour to Melbourne soon, what’s happening with that?

Yeah. We’ve recently recorded a split EP with The Reactions from Hobart and they’re going to be in Melbourne at the same time as us. We were going to do a CD launch over there, but I’m not sure if that’s going to happen now. Apart from that, it’s just another chance for us to get over there. We went last September. It went really well. We had good gigs. We’re playing a few different gigs (including the soon to close legendary Duke of Windsor Hotel), so hopefully we’ll get a bit more exposure.

You recorded your tracks for the new EP in your bedroom?

Not actually in my bedroom. Out in my shed, I’ve built a couple of little rooms and set up a little studio out there. I recorded The Reactions there, as well. but, yeah, I did it all from home, yeah.

I remember you saying about the last EP that, for the next one, you wanted to record better sounds. Was it that you wanted to record them better or you wanted to make better sounds to record and do you think you’ve done that?

Yeah, definitely. It’s definitely a step up from the last one. I really wanted to capture a better sound. It took a bit more time, really, just to try get closer to what we wanted. It was a lot of messing around, but it was worth it, ‘cause it’s come out better, definitely.

How long did it take to record it?

All up, with mixing and everything, probably about two months.

And how many tracks will you guys have on the EP? Four tracks.

So, it’s going to be an eight track EP. That’s a pretty big EP. Yeah. It’s come up well. We’ve just sent it off to be mastered, in Sydney, and we’re pretty happy with how it came out.

Why did you decide to do a split EP with The Reactions, instead of your own EP?

For starters, The Reactions have been good mates of ours. We met them in 2003 and we’ve become really good mates. James, from The Reactions, came up with the idea to do the split, and we thought, yeah, that’s a good idea. We want to do more of them now, with other bands ... get some bands from Europe, get them to send us four or five songs and we’ll wack on our four or five songs. It’s a good way to get your music out to other people that might not hear you, otherwise. Fans of The Reactions might buy the CD for The Reactions and then hear us, as well. If they like it, then good, it’s done its job.

Have you played much with The Reactions in Hobart?

Yeah, we’ve played a lot with The Reactions. Most gigs we’ve played down there have been with them.

So you’re still traveling down regularly to play in Hobart?

Yeah, we’re doing a CD launch down there in early June. Last time was with Cockfight Shootout, a month ago. Yeah, we love going down there. It’s good fun. It’s something different to playing here in Launceston.

Do you notice many other Launceston bands playing down there?

I know they do. I see it every now and then, but I don’t know of a lot getting down there as regularly as we do. We’ve been lucky enough to go down there and do supports. We supported The Sailors down there. We supported The Turbo AC’s down there, but I do know other bands get down there.

There don’t seem to be a lot of Hobart bands playing up here either.

I think it’s a little bit to do with having the contacts, maybe. I don’t know ... maybe they’re afraid to come up here, or something ... they don’t know anybody ... they’re afraid they’ll get “bagged out” or heckled ... I don’t know.

We’ve been talking about it for the last few months.

We’d like to get over there. We’re trying to push it here in launceston as much as we can. We want to make it here, as much as we can, before we go over there. It’s pretty a hard task playing over there, ‘cause there’s so many bands, but it’s definitely something we want to do. We’re looking at the end of this year, seeing where everyone is at (in the band) and probably head over there at the end of this year, I think.

The Drones

The Drones formed in Perth in 2000. In early 2001, Rui and Gareth headed east and for some reason settled in Sydney. There they lived in a Mitsubishi van on a dumped mattress with two mutts for three weeks before heading south to stay in the shittiest caravan park in all of grey Victoria. They survived low-rent Saturday night fevers of violence before finding a bass player and a drummer. The new Drones were formed.

They recorded their manic, poetic, debut album, Here Comes The Lies, soon afterwards. It was an exuberant, soulful, harshly beautiful and darkly comical affair. It also received huge praise all over the world and is now heralded as an Australian classic. In 2005, after innumerable headline shows, a slew of singles, compilation tracks and a successful tour of Europe and the US, the Drones are at the height of their powers.

ROCK SALT

Paul Greene

By Dave Willams What have you been up to today?

I’m mastering actually. I’ve done this recording. I’ve got a little studio at home, that I’ve been mucking around in. I did this one recording session, set up two microphones and recorded all my back catalog, stuff that I don’t really play anymore at gigs. I played it to some friends and I’ve got new management and they loved it. They wanted me to release it, but I thought, “It’s really rough, “ so we’re going to do a really limited release for those who’ve helped me get to this stage.

Sometimes a “rough” recording can have a real atmosphere, though?

Yeah. I’d like to think I’m not a perfectionist and I wanted to capture the “honesty”, like playing in your lounge-room, rather than out on a big stage.

Just very real and very “soft”.

You’re playing at The James Hotel and The Republic, I believe?

Yeah, coming down in May. Yeah, it’s my first time in Tassie.

It’s your first time?

Yeah, I’ve had a van that I’ve toured around the mainland quite a bit, but this is my first time down to Tasmania. I’ve had a few emails and requests asking me to come down. So, I have absolutely no idea of what to expect. I’ve no idea of what’s going to happen.

It’s a dangerous place, mate.

I’m really excited about it.

Why are you coming down? Is it just the emails or is there a bit of a change in the perception of Tassie?

Partly that, but I didn’t know where to start with Tassie. I didn’t know what the scene was like, or the venues. I didn’t really know anything about it, whereas the other places (on the mainland) I did.

And there’s always the added, extra investment of getting across there, the organisation.

Fruit

By Dave Willams Why are you touring?

We’ve just made a new album. It’s the first album we’ve made outside of Australia. We did it in Philadelphia, USA. Why did you go to the States to record it?

We’ve made a lot of albums in Australia. We’ve done a few live albums with a producer or two over the years. On our label, we have 11 albums. We really wanted to extend ourselves and the reason we went to Philly is for this particular producer, actually. David Ivory is his name. We were introduced to him by a friend of ours who was doing sound for us at a few festivals. he thought we’d really well together.

We went into a studio to have a go on one song to see what it was like, and it was one of those things, one of those experienced where we fired off each other. We thought we had to make this happen with this guy, and so we did.

We spent four months in the beginning of last year, recording it in Philly. We stayed in a farm house situation and spent 14, 16 hour days recording. It was awesome.

Is there a different approach to recording in the States than there is in Australia or is really up to the producer?

I think it’s the producer. Everyone has their different styles. One of the things we loved about David ... first of all, he was a very easy guy to trust. He wasn’t going in with any radical ideas about our sound. He could hear within our music the sound we were trying to create. He didn’t have any radical ideas about transforming us into something we’re not. But he also had this great way of bringing out the best in us. i said to him he should write a book called, The Psychology of Producing”, ‘cause he managed to get every one of us, individually to do things that we hadn’t done before, to really step out and go for it.

What’s the name of the new album?

It’s called “Burn”.

Why? It’s the name of one of the songs and it’s a real beauty. But also, it felt like the energy of the time. Last year was such a creative year for us,

How did you get more information about it?

We had a booking agent who had all the information, so we let him put it all together. I’m, very much, looking forward to coming down. We’re driving down, getting the ferry across and going to drive around and check the place out for a week.

Cool. This is my poxy question No.1. I’ve heard you described as the next Alex Lloyd. How much pressure does that put on you and how do you feel about the comparison?

Well, it depends on what element of Alex Lloyd they’re comparing me to.

I thought a more apt comparison would be Paul Kelly.

I’d be hesitant to take on that, for the only reason that I think he’s in an incredible league. He’s an incredible songwriter and I’d be very humble, comparing myself to him.

You could just be the next Paul Greene.

The “next” thing is the thing, I think ... Hah. Hah. Hah. Hah. The “next” thing. I’m happy to be compared and in a lot of ways, to be compared with those guys is very flattering. That’s lovely.

But you just want to be yourself?

Yeah. I’m just doing what I do. I’ve done all my albums independently, through my own record label. (When I started) I had no idea of how to release a record, or even record one, for that matter, but I just did something that was “right”. This was before many people were releasing independently, whereas now it’s a bit trendy. I’d just had a bit to do with record labels and ...

I wanted to ask you if you released them on your own label because no-one else would sign you?

No, I haven’t, ever, sent anything to a record label.

I’ve never played anything with the music industry in mind. It’s got to the stage now where I’ve got people who will help me out, like Kate, Jeff Bell, the booking agent and management and that’s all happened in the last year, or the last six months, really.

Also I’ve got a daughter as well, so I’ve got a lot less time. I just got out there, sold albums, toured and luckily people have liked my stuff enough to

doing that with david, but we also did a hell of a lot of touring. we were out for nine months of the year. it was one of those high, intense, creative years. And so (the name) went with what we were feeling at the time.

I understand ABC radio has just added your first single from the album to their playlist. Do you see yourselves as “adult contemporary”?

It’s hard to put ourselves into a specific category, ‘cause it seems like our audience is incredibly broad. Generations will come to our shows, kids their parents and their grandparents. I don’t know why that is, but it seems to happen.

I definitely see ourselves as “adult contemporary”, but ... our sound has been so diverse. This album, the sound has really been reigned-in and it really does focus around the vocals and we were looking to do that.

introduce friends and that’s all I can really ask of them.

But you did an album with legend Rob Hurst (drummer from Midnight Oil). That’s a bit “industry” isn’t it? How did you two get together?

We worked on an album together. he was executive producer. It was called, “Olympic Record” and ... he offered to help me with my song writing. I was partly offended, but partly, “Fuck, he’s the guy that wrote, “Beds are Burning,” I’d be a fool not to take it (the opportunity).

We started working together. I showed him my songs. He showed me his songs. Our vocals really “clicked”.

I was singing a lot of harmonies for him. he’d never been all that confident with his voice and I, kind of, gave him that bit of confidence to get up there, be the “front man”. it was over four years and in the time he was, probably, he was one of the pivotal people that I met and said, Get out there, and get amongst it.” In that way, he was very influential ... he kept asking me ... to do sessions and to do gigs with him and eventually it turned into an album. We’ve been touring that for the last few months. I’ve been really scared of dealing with the industry-side of things. Partly, probably because I haven’t had enough knowledge of my own to know if I was getting screwed over, or not. It really scared me.

I know what you’re talking about there.

Just playing gigs to people seemed to be very simple. It’s the core of what music’s about, performance interaction. That’s what I’ve known and that’s what I’ve done. Working with Rob, we signed with ABC Roots and they’ve really changed my opinion about it a lot, ‘cause they, actually, really like music.

It can only go downhill from there.

Hah. Hah. hah.

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In Adelaide, do you feel you’re out of the loop a bit, away from the east coast and Melbourne, Sydney Brisbane?

I haven’t felt that. If we’ve been out of the loop, it’s more the loop of Australia, as we’ve spent so much time overseas ... we would have liked to spend more time touring here, but we’ve been able to create demand in America and we’ve been heading over there a lot.

You’ve played South by Southwest?

Yeah, we’ve played a lot of the conferences.

We’ve played in 38 states in America.

How many times has Fruit been to Tassie?

We’ve been to Tassie twice before and I’ve been on a holiday there and it’s ... and I’m not just saying this ... my favourite place in Australia.

I love it. If I wasn’t going to live in Seattle, I’d definitely live in tasmania.

Why is that?

I love that, to my eyes, it’s not over-run by population. It’s the most beautiful, natural place.

I love it.

Is next on the agenda touring and promoting the album?

Yeah, and we’ve had a bit of time off, so we’re all very excited about getting back together again. It’s kind of like seeing your old mates.

Brilliant. Thanks very much. Maybe you’ll make some mates when you come down here.

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Day 1 Thursday 24th Feb After a minor freak-out during the day (Thank you Craig from Europcar for saving our asses!!) and the tedious drive to Devonport we loaded onto the Spirit of Tasmania. It was kind of like that scene in Star Wars when Darth Vader docks his space craft onto the Death Star but instead of it being Tie Fighters picture retiree s with mobile homes. We were pretty keen to have a drink after being bored out of out minds for the last four and a half hours so we raced off to the lounge bar to scenes reminiscent of Bridge night at the Beltana Bowls Club and proceeded to make our own fun till about 1.30am.

extremely hospitable old high school pal of mine Wazza and checked out record stores and tried to sleep. Fast forward to The Esplanade Hotel in St Kilda at 9.20pm; after a quick line check with our sound man for the evening and all round nice guy Cameron Stops from the Legends of Motorsport there was time for a quick drink and then we hit the stage. I don t remember a great deal while we were playing except for when I broke a string and then I trod on Brad and swore at him for getting in the way but it was definitely a good gig. We had quite a few people come up to us enthusiastically after wards to say how much they enjoyed our set and that Victorians really like our sort of music which was encouraging but had me wondering what our sort of music was?

Anyhow we hung out at the Espy till about 2.30 am watching drunk people getting thrown down the stairs by security and catching up with Dave and Pete from Dallas Crane who d just returned form Adelaide that night.

Day 3 Saturday 26th Feb With our gig not till 3am most of the day was spent trying to sleep, going to the markets

Day 2 Friday 25th Feb Some four hours and forty five minutes later we were rudely disturbed by the morning wake up siren and got our tired and slightly hungover asses out of bed. After some sensational gran turismo style driving through the city by our roadie Tony we got to Richmond to stay with an

Gus & Frank

By Dave Williams You’re right on time, Gus. That’s good. Frank would be upset, if I was late.

He’s a very punctual man and I’m very late, all the time. He sent me a big reminder today.

So you’re the creative one and he’s the process person?

I don’t know if Frank falls into those stereotypes.

I know what you’re saying, but he’s a strange and inconsistent individual. At times he’s very creative, but then, when you look at how, at times, how meticulous and organized he can be .. they don’t go together usually, but he’s a different breed.

And what have you been up to today.

Just been getting organised for our next release, pulling everything together.

That’s the single, “Mullet Girl”?

Mullet’s the next song out. We finally got the CD’s back from the printer, we now have to get the

next songs ready, book in the next recording sessions. tonight we’re jamming with the band, so there’s lots happening.

I guess you’ll be doing an album release soon that, “Mullet Girl” will be on?

What we think we’ll do, and we’re playing it a bit by ear, ‘cause our songs are a bit hit and miss, is throw “Mullet Girl” in there, see how it goes and keep recording for the album and, maybe, hold the album off a little bit unitl we find the right song that hits, that starts getting some airplay out there.

I think, “Mullet Girl” is a really good title.

Thanks for that.

Who wrote it?

It’s a classic example of how Frank and I write, that one. I was actually out at a Dallas Crane gig and that song just struck me. I looked around at the other people in the gig ...

I thought a mullet girl struck you.

She certainly did, standing right in front of me. I thought, “Dear, oh, dear. She has the best mullet I’ve ever seen and then the idea came and it took me about two years to sell the concept to Frank.

(I ve never seen so many leather and sheep skin products in my life!) trying to sleep, buying cd s & still trying to catch up on some sleep. Cam Stops was able to get me a Ticket to Mudhoney at the Corner Hotel so I went and saw the grunge elder statesmen before getting back to Wazza s and loading up the van at an hour when I felt like I should have been going to bed. We got to Pony in the city and loaded in as the metal bands from earlier in the night packed up featuring a Japanse band wearing all black leather pants with Ramones style hair cuts and an all girl metal band featuring Bindi Paxton (remember the Ray Martin thing from a few years ago?) who according to Tony was picked up by a guy in a car with the number plate J B JOVI. Ha! First band up was the Volcanics from Perth who were fantastic. They finished their set off by pulling apart the drumkit and smashing a couple of tambourines to pieces while some ladies in the audience keep trying to touch the singers crotch! It was the first time I ve ever thought How the hell do you follow that? and got very nervous. Lucky for us at this stage we were all suffering some form of sleep deprivation induced insanity combined with alcohol and we played my favourite gig ever. After starting to about 20 punters, after the room cleared out post the Volcanics demolition the place started filling up again. We

It’s been a bit of time in the making, but it’s a bit of a favourite.

Mullets are in at the moment.

Mullets are in. They’re coming back in a re-fashioned way. They used to be a lot less groomed.

The high-fashion mullet now.

Yeah, it’s got streaks of different colours, a bit tassled. A sort of mohawk mullet.

21st century mullet? It’s a bit like a Blade Runner mullet.

Yeah, it is, Hah. Hah. Hah. they always make us laugh, mullets.

Australiana is quite “in” at the moment. is that something that’s convinced Frank to go ahead with, “Mullet Girl”?

The way it generally goes with a Gus and Frank song, I’ll pitch ideas at Frank, but because he’s the lead singer, if he doesn’t want to do a song, it doesn’t hap[pen. I can play him something I absolutely love, but he’s the voice of the band. A singer has to connect with the song and I understand that. So, he gets final call actually. Our rule is we’ve both got to be excited. When we’re both excited, we throw the song to the band. So, with this one I was excited for a long time. he rejected

started getting heckled, people started dancing and going nuts in general at the end of each song. It was so much fun that when we finished the set guitars went flying across stage, amps got pushed over, Matt dived head first into Stu and the drumkit, I nearly got decapitated by Brads bass and the whole thing ended up with a wall of feedback as everything got trashed and the crowd loved it! We even got asked to do a live recording for PBS radio when we go back.

After having a few more drinks we loaded the van back up and drove straight to the boat ready for our 7.30am load in without sleep and all acting a bit crazy with the though of the impending torture that is the Spirit of Tasmania 11 hour boat ride back to Devonport but we cant wait to do it all again.

it for album two. I was bitterly disappointed and then i don;t know what it was that made him decide to give it a go for this one. it could have been that there are more mullets springing up all around us, but I think something in his mind triggered us to album two and that was that the best songs that we do are generally more fun. Album two was a little bit more serious for us, whereas album one was more of a sing along and have some fun.

I’ve noticed a lot of humour in your more popular songs and that sounds like something you’re going to concentrate on.

I think we’ve done about 300 gigs together now, and after a while it starts to sink in which songs go down the best. Even if there are certain songs you’re getting off on, we all enjoy the gigs when the house is excited as well. So, even though a lot of the songs on the second album were favourites of the band, and that’s why we put them on there, we enjoy the gigs when the crowd enjoys the energy. I think we’ve gravitated towards the songs that we enjoy playing and the crowd enjoys us playing and that’s where we’re going with it, which is more the up-beat stuff and a lot more energy. A lot more tongue-in cheek is the way to go for us.

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THE CAMELS night drinking, we’ve had lock-ins in rural bars.

We’ll do two shows in a day, drive all night and play another two shows with no sleep.

There have been a few punch ups within the band but we’re all getting on remarkably well.”

“We’ve been very lucky to have had sponsorship from Quiksilver and Tracks as well as a government grant, it’s enabled us to step everything up a level touring wise and get to a lot of places off the beaten track, and to meet all kinds of people.

The response has been fantastic.We can’t believe how many attractive girls come to our shows.”

Their summer surfari tour is now tretching into the winter months and has taken them to over 60 venues all around the country. “We started in Tasmania at the end of February and we had a great response, and we were very keen to return.

It’s a great place, it has a more relaxed vibe than the mainland.

Since their debut was released last year, they have done over 140 shows- on their own and supporting the likes of Grinspoon, Spiderbait, Jet and Cake.

I spoke with Jamie the lead singer of the group about the extended nature of their current tour.

“It’s been an adventure.

We ran out of petrol in the desert in SA at 4am and had to do the long lonely walk to the next servo…we’ve hurt ourselves surfing at 6am in a seaside town in Queensland after staying up all

And we’re really keen to eat the food at the Republic bar again which rates a very high 5 stars in our soon to be completed ‘Camels Touring Guide to Australian Pub Food’.”

The hard work for The Camels seems to be paying off. So what’s ahead for the Camels?

“As soon as we finish this endless tour, we’ll get straight to work on getting new songs down for the next album.” The Camels seem to be on the right track.

NATIONAL PORNOGRAPHIC of delays and filters, cut vocal samples into the mix inbetween Johns congas, bongos, djembe and didgeridoo. It’s a guaranteed recipe for dance!”

From metal heads to clubbers, NP can tickle the fancy of any music lover, enabling them to jump from pubs to niteclubs to festivals, and be embraced by every type of punter.

It’s no wonder the lads were invited to play alongside the Fun Lovin’ Criminals, Endorphin, Katalyst, and Skunkhour. As well as ransacking our capital cities, NP tour regional Australia regularly taking in every nook and cranny. Geelong to Belgrave, Albury to Armidale, Noosa to Hamilton Island, and as far North as Cairns, no place is safe from this menacing Sydney 5 piece.

National Pornographic utilize drums, bass, guitar, scratching, didgeridoo & percussion to create their delicious blend of HeavyAcidFunkGroove. With their infamous onstage buffoonery that includes instrument swapping and chandelier swinging, NP always have the entire crowd bumping and grinding to their dynamic PhatFunkPunk.

NPs unique approach to live organic dance music has allowed them to infiltrate the circuit of DJ’s and ‘laptop’ acts, exposing them to all sorts of audiences. “I drop wet, jazzy chords over Matts thumping bass lines” says guitarist, Errol Farquah. “Nicks punchy acoustic drum kit is accented with a kick drum trigger from hell.

Dave's decks, in conjunction with an array

Yes, it’s true! National Pornographic were paid copious amounts of porn to model for American porn star,Jenna Jameson (you may have seen her in bed with eminem in his ‘Without Me’ filmclip). Legally bound, the boys can not discuss any of the finer details of the shoot, except that it involved a strategically sliced gherkin and a latex doily!

NP also brushed shoulders with Machine Gun Fellatio at the premier of Ron Jeremy’s appropriately titled documentary, ‘Porn Star’ last December. Ron was even sporting his National Pornographic T-Shirt on the evening!

The lads are also looking forward to meeting Terra Patrick at Sexpo later this year.

An onlooker recently captured a shot of the boys getting ejected from Sydney strip club, ‘The Love Machine’ in Kings X. Rumor has it that their turntablist, DJ Dave WIN, refused to pay for services he received from one of the ‘women’! See it and other candid shots in the ‘pics’ section at www.nationalpornographic. com.au

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Joyce (Ltn) Where do you play?

I play at Lonnies and The Saloon. Other than that, me, Randall and Clint, on long weekends, play at Irish Murphy’s, which is a small venue, but a lot of people are getting into it, ‘cause although its not built for our type of music, it’s got a good vibe in there. You’re close to the crowd and you can talk to people. You’re right amongst everybody. which is what I like about the venue, especially.

Have you played anywhere outside of Launceston?

I’ve played in Devonport a couple of times. I had no idea of what it would be like, but I was blown away by the people in devonport that got into it and supported the guys in Devonport that put the night on. It was a good night.

That’s Nick and Phil with the Sexy parties?

Yeah. the first time I played there was with Andy Van.

By Dave Williams

What does having a good “ear” mean to you?

A good ear is a couple of things. Beat mixing is the main thing, getting everything in time, but having a good ear is also to with sensing what the crowd wants, picking the type of music for the people you’re playing for. As a DJ, you can’t always play for yourself, you’ve got to play for the venue you’re at, the type of crowd you’re at.

It’s all intertwined.

To what extent is the music a DJ plays an expression of what’s happening in that DJ’s life?

For sure. When you go through tough stages, definitely. The music that i play for me is progressive, a bit more elctro/progressive and upbeat. Whereas at Lonnies, it’s music I play, but it’s not so much a passion. I like to play a bit tougher style of music.

You just told me (after searching his record bag for his favourite tracks) that you don’t know tracks by their name. How do you remember what tracks they are?

When I look through my bag, I remember what colour they are, what cover they’re in. I don’t spend a lot of time remembering the artists. I just know what they look like ... and sound like.

You don’t play any breaks?

I play breaks, but my main passion at the moment is electro. yeah, I play breaks. You’ve got to be versatile to play to all the different types of people in Launceston ... but not a lot of breaks.

How did you become a DJ? I guess, like everybody, from going out, listening to music and getting amongst it with everybody.

So, from the party scene, progressing to going to a mate’s house with some decks, asking questions, him letting me play on them now and again, getting interested, jumping on there on a Sunday after a big night, playing a few records and then I just got hooked on it. Then ... progressing to buying my own.

Do you see this as a career?

I don’t see myself making a career out of it, staying here in Tasmania. It’s more of a hobby or passion. I don’t think of this as my main job.

I’ve got a main job. This is what I do for fun. I’ve been heavily involved in basketball, playing 6 or 7 nights a week, playing and coaching, but I’ve given that away, pretty much, for the moment so I can concentrate on this, helping Clint (of Chilli DJ) build up the scene in Launceston, from playing at Lonnie’s where we’re not really main acts to The Loft to make our own club, our own identity and being in the process of building a club, building a good environment where people want to come and hang out and feel welcome and create our own identity. That’s what I’m in it for at the moment.

By Tim Duggan

What are the most important skills for a DJ? Making people smile, feel welcome, having a good ear. Mixing is one part of it. (It’s also) how you connect with the punters during, before and after a show. Just making people feel welcome.

Giving them a smile, a nod ... it’s trying to get rid of barriers so they feel welcome, happy to be themselves and not have to worry.

What are your 3 favourite tracks?

1. “Death by Disco” by Dole & Kom 2. “Salty” by Dylan Rhymes - the B-side Kid Rock remix 3. “Randomizer” by N&W

What sort of DJ are you? i mainly play House, but depending on what venue I’m playing at the music will change. At Lonnies, you’re there to play mainly backgroundstyle of music, so up-beat House music. At The saloon (The Loft) we’re trying to create our own identity as a club, so it’s a little bit more underground, a bit of elctro, a lot tougher, a bit darker and, sort of, punk, but really that electro sound.

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Who’s had the biggest influence on your development as a DJ? A couple of people. When I first started playing records, in Launceston, we had a DJ called Bluff, who moved away to Melbourne. It was at the Lounge one night and there were a couple of Melbourne DJ’s who were playing deep, progressive music and, to me, it was uninspiring. Bluff made the comment that as a DJ you need to have a human element in the tracks, meaning vocals. That’s something I like listening to and when I’m at the club i want to hear a vocal, I don’t want to just hear the music. I want to hear a vocal in the music to make me connect with it, so most of my tracks have a vocal element. The most influential person in the last couple of years ... I’ve been living with Clint for the last three years and he’s been very influential in helping me with the finer points, (with him) being one of the pioneers of the scene in launceston, helping me with track selection and the mechanics of DJ’ing. So he’s been the main influence.

Tassie DJ’s should do more ... ?

I read Randall’s answer to this in the last issue and he said, “day parties,” and I strongly agree.

Day parties or day clubs, long weekend gigs or sunday sessions or somewhere DJ’s can collaborate and have a whole day of no pressure, pull out your records, jump up and play and get a social event happening. A day without the pressure of getting up there and performing, just having more fun.

And less ...?

Less politics. There is a lot politics involved in getting in the DJ scene. (Even) as a punter, the whole club scene, there’s a lot of politics. So, get rid of all that and get back to grass-roots, to what people come out for ... fun.

Have you thought about doing any production? making any original tracks?

I’ve thought about it. That’s one of the reasons why I stopped doing basketball so much this year ... I want to learn a musical instrument, because I don’t have a musical background. i want to get into that and it’ll help, hopefully, my DJ’ing. I want to learn instruments because I want to be able to read and write music to help me with production, but I think I need to learn an instrument first, to give me a base to do it from.

Thirteen years ago, a couple of young French students decided to started a band. Heavily influenced by groups like the Velvet Underground and the Beach Boys, the Paris collective called themselves Darlin’ and managed to get one of their tracks onto a compilation that was reviewed in music magazine Melody Maker. The scathing British reviewer was not overly impressed, calling their music nothing but “a bunch of daft punk.” Soon after the review, the band went their separate ways.

One member went on to form Phoenix, and the other two teenagers, Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel de Homem Christo, took the phrase from the damning review as the name of their new electronic project.

Almost a decade and a half later, Daft Punk haven’t looked back. The pioneering French duo, now well into their thirties, have evolved from a couple of awkward young musicians into two of the most innovative electronic producers to ever to sit behind a mixing desk.

But take away thirteen years, and the two shy teenagers were just a couple of punks playing around with music in their bedrooms. “It was still maybe more a teenage thing at that time,” Thomas says dismissively of the early Daft Punk incarnation. “It’s like, you know, everybody wants to be in a band. The rock and roll thing we did was pretty average, I think.”

Few would call their current work average.

As Daft Punk, they explore a twisted robotic universe where vocoders rule and dark, muted beats loop continuously over morphing vocals to create an aural soundscape that’s so unique it’s become its own genre: daft house.

Right from the very first single that the pair ever worked on together, “Alive”, the distinctive Daft Punk elements were screaming to rise to the surface. In 1993, just after forming, Thomas walked up to Stuart Macmillan of Slam at a dance party at Euro Disney and handed him a cassette tape of “Alive”. Impressed with their youthful and innovative approach to dance music, the single came out on cult label Soma and was followed soon after by a second track, “Da Funk”. This sleazy, sinister and criminally infectious tune caught the attention of Virgin Records and their first album, Homework, came out in 1997.

But just who are Daft Punk? The faceless producers refuse to be photographed, haven’t toured in years and give so few interviews that they’re rarer than an audience with the Pope.

to play this star system thing, we don’t want to get recognised in the streets… Everyone has accepted us using masks in photos so far, which makes us happy. Maybe sometimes people are a little bit disappointed but that’s the only way we want to do it. We think the music is the most personal thing we can give. The rest is just about people taking themselves seriously, which is all very boring sometimes.”

“We are very happy that the concept in itself is becoming famous. In France, you speak of Daft Punk and I’m sure millions of people have heard it, but less than a few thousand people know our face - which is the thing we’re into,” says Thomas. “We don’t want to run into people who are the same age as us, shaking our hand and saying, ‘Can I have your autograph?’ because we think we’re exactly like them. Even girls, they can fall in love with your music, but not with you.

You don’t always have to compromise yourself to be successful.”

In the four years between their first album and their second, Discovery, the band took a turn in a different musical direction. While retaining the key Daft Punk elements, they revelled in the lighter, more pop sounds of electro, surprising and exciting both their old and new fans with their discovery. “We wanted to put warmth in it, and to make technology disappear and just do something different from what you find in house music today,” explained Guy-Manuel in 2001.

“We want to throw dance music open again. It’s about having a free spirit and making whatever you want to make.”

The same ethos has been applied to their third studio album. “We sincerely think that our new album Human After All speaks for itself,” says the duo. The new release was recorded in six rambling weeks in Paris at the end of last year.

It’s a mechanical, robotic soundtrack that breaks all the formats set by the previous two albums.

“The way the music industry is at the moment is allowing us to experiment. If everything is formulaic and we can finance ourselves to work outside of that formula, then for us there are no rules. We’re setting our own agenda.”

And they sure have. From the bouncy title track that takes up where Discovery left off to the callto-arms lead single, “Robot Rock”, Human After All is Daft Punk blissfully creating music as only know they how to. But it’s not all dancefloor fodder, the AIR-lite “Make Love” and album closer “Emotion” hint that there might actually be feelings hiding under their metallic façades.

What precious little we do know about them comes from their early days when they were two unknown French electronic producers trying to make a name for themselves. A lot has changed since then, but their refusal to play the marketing game has not. Despite this, and also because of it, Daft Punk continue to grow in popularity. In an era where dance music is becoming increasingly niche, Daft Punk shifted over 2 million copies of each of their last two albums.

As with any album that’s taken so long from a group so loved, it’s certain to polarise their fans, but Daft Punk don’t really care as long as they are having fun. “We want our music to have a sense of humour,” says Guy-Manuel. “It is fun to see that people get it and enjoy it for what it is. I am not the best one to judge it, but we just try and make quality music with a sense of fun.

It’s entertainment and we want people to have a good time listening to our music. We really enjoy being able to do what we do as Daft Punk, so why should it be too serious?”

In a rare interview given a few years ago, Thomas explained their decision to step back from the limelight, to the point where they wear masks in photographs to hide their true identities. “It’s just that we’re a little bit embarrassed by the whole thing,” he said. “We don’t want

This curious bunch of daft French punks have come very far since bonding over music at school. With each new release the uncompromising duo raise the bar that little bit higher.

BANGERS & MASH

Malente

Is that Christophe?

Yeah, hello.

How are you?

Oh, fuck. Yeah, I’m sorry.

That’s ok. Did I wake you up?

Yeah. Yeah. I’m ill, but I know I’ve got interviews from 10 o’clock on. Oh shit . I totally forgot about that.

You went to bed ‘cause you’re ill?

Yeah, I’m ill and went to bed early, but I thought I’d wake up in time, but I didn’t.

That’s ok, mate.

I’m sorry for you calling all the time.

That’s alright. Are you ok to talk with me now.

Yeah, I’m ok. I just have the flu or a bad cold. It was getting better but is worse today. But I’m alright.

Cool.

I’m just sorry that you have had to wait all that time.

Don’t worry about it. Thank you for being so apologetic, but it’s ok. You can’t help being ill.

So, where abouts do you live at the moment?

In Germany, you mean. I’m living in Munster. And Malente is the town I was born in, in the north.

Why are you living in Munster, instead of Malente?

Hah. Hah. Malente is smaller than Munster, so it wouldn’t make any sense to live there, if you want to do music.

So, there’s not a lot of dance music going on in Malente?

No, not at all. It’s a very small town.

By Dave Williams What were the steps that got your music distributed around the world? many steps. I started producing for the Malente project in 1999, in Munster. I put out my first four track on Unique Records, then I started DJ’ing professionally for the project. I was a DJ, before, in Munster, and then I began to travel and with my traveling, the records that I did spread more and more and Unique grew bigger and bigger and had distribution partners all over the world.

That’s how it happened.

Is “We Cam to party” the most successful track you’ve had so far?

I think so. It’s hard to say. “Funk the Rich” has also been very successful, regarding sales, because they did a 7” and ... a single CD and they sold very well. I also did a track on Moonbootica Records, “In The Sky” and it’s nearly the same.

What were you studying at University?

I was studying communications and cultural studies. I just finished that.

Almost half the album, “Rip It Up,” is new tracks and a bit more than half are remixes.

Why have so many remixes?

It’s the other way around. You should ask why there are new tracks on it, because the idea from the record label was to do a remix album and I said that was kind of boring. Hah. hah. As an artist, for a remix album, you don’t have any relation to a remix album. It’s just done. So, I said, if we’re going to do a remix album, it has to be good, They said they didn’t have any money, so it couldn’t be good. So, I said then let’s do it with my friends, people I have a relation to, that I can ask to work for me and that’s what happened. So, all the people involved are people I know. Then, I said it’s too boring, just remixes, I have some new tracks, so let’s put them on there. We need some new material on there, or people don’t bother. And that’s how it happened.

Give them to your friends. That sort of thing?

Yeah.

You know how long it takes quite well, huh?

Yeah, I know because I’ve lived here for a long time. Hah. Hah. Hah. I don’t drive too much. I don’t have a car. I’m not very often over there, but it’s very close. I know many people going there, who like to buy something and come back.

What do you use to produce your music?

I use a computer, mainly. I used to use a sampler. And some effects, too, But not much more.

It’s, basically, done in the computer and for some tracks I do vocals in the studio.

What programs on the computer do you use?

I am working with Logic Audio and some plugins.

Do you say, “malenta”?

You can say it like that.

How do you say it?

“Malenter,” but that’s the German way. You can also say it like, “malentay,” like they say it in Spain. They say it differently, all over the world.

That’s cool for me ... it’s the same, but it’s pronounced differently.

This idea gave way to releases like the seminal “Future” on Siesta and his remix for Sirus’ “Eye For An Eye” on NRK and has inspired a whole new generation of producers and DJ’s to follow suit. After a hectic period of DJ tours around the world, Halo is using the inspiration he received on the road to release music he firmly believes in on his own label Bluem.

Pre-release orders for the first Bluem release, a solo project, have already outdone sales of any other record from the West coast while future releases include contributions from producers in Spain, San Francisco, Vancouver, and of course from Halo himself.

What jobs did you do before?

I was a student and then I finished my studying, so that was quite good timing. Hah. hah. I had some student jobs, like everybody has. I worked in an agency where they were planning events.

The first track on the album is, “I Sell Marijuana”. How much is a gram these days?

In Germany?

Do you play live as well as produce electronic music in a studio?

No, I don’t play live. I just DJ for the Malente project. It’s just a dance music and DJ project.

It’s not a live music thing.

him to bridge the gap between the depth he needed to fulfill himself and the energy that the crowds were craving.

Has life changed for you, in recent years, with the success of these tracks?

Yeah, I can live from my music. That’s the change. Hah. It’s a good change. I can live off DJ’ing and producing music. I don’t have to any work.

How did you become involved in producing dance music in Malente?

I listened to the radio all the time. The music programme was much better way back then, with special music, special magazines, hip hop music, house music and stuff like that. I listened to it, was very interested and recorded many of the tunes and I started to make tape collages with voices, music and make my own mix tapes.

In Munster, is it a town where there are clubs and dance music is popular or is it a small town too?

No. We have 250,000 people living here. It’s not that big, but it’s a student town, so there’s much going on. There’s some clubs here?

DJ Halo

Yeah.

It depends on the quality. It’s not very expensive, because we are near Holland. very near Amsterdam, in fact. Munster is just two and a half hours by car from Amsterdam.

What’s next in the plan for you?

There’s much DJ’ing to do, these days. May is one of the busiest months. I am starting to produce, also, new stuff and the next thing coming out is on the Moonbootica label. I don’t think there is distribution for that in Australia.

I think there is.

Ok, maybe there is. If there is even better, but there’s a new Moston & Malente track coming out, where “In The Sky” came from, called Crowd Rock. I think it’s coming out in June and I’m still producing on a new Malente album. I don’t know if it will come out this (European) autumn. It’s more likely to come out in spring next year.

Thanks for talking with me. I hope you feel better.

I’m feeling better, but I’m sorry you had to wait so long. I’m sorry.

That’s ok. What’s a few rings of the phone?

That’s right. Hah. Take care and talk to you later.

Take Care.

DJ Halo aka Brian Varga has been involved with dance music since he got his first job at Chicago’s Hip House Records at the age of 9.

Naturally progressing into the world of the DJ at age 12, Halo was soon a Chicago favorite even though he wasn’t old enough to get into the clubs.

After the psychotic atmosphere of the Midwest rave scene had lost its appeal, production seemed to be more than the next step, it was Halo’s way of connecting with the rest of the world and a way to escape the increasing intensity of Chicago. Working A&R for Moody records allowed Halo to connect more closely with other producers around the States whose work he respected and wanted to support.

A longtime friendship and common interests led him to try a project with Hipp-e and the H-Foundation was established. Sets at Fabric London, Turbo Toronto, Zouks Singapore, Soma Glasgow, Twilo New York, More Amsterdam, Pacha Buenos Aires, and Allenby Tel-Aviv caused clubbers worldwide to re-evaluate what they could and would dance to. Music that they had always considered too deep was finally being presented to them the right way and their Saturday nights would never be the same. His sets at raves in New Zealand, Montreal, Croatia, Spain, Brazil and all over the United States challenged

Halo continues to evolve as a producer, to rock the floor as a DJ, and to participate and succeed in the dog eat dog world of the music industry and yet remains the avid fan and number one supporter of dance music that he was when he was only nine years old. Look for Halo this summer on tour across North America as part of the massive Mecca tour followed by the release of a Mecca mix CD with partner Hipp-e along with the first singles from Bluem, remixes for Contrast Music and new material for Siesta. Also this summer will be an extended DJ tour of Europe and completion of the first full length album from the H-Foundation.

BANGERS & MASH

John Ferris

By Dave Williams

John Howard, as well, because they wanted to set up a “shooting gallery”. So, they’ve really never seen eye to eye with the position that the Vatican takes. And they don’t really get along with George Pell, the current (Australian) Cardinal at the moment. They do, but they don’t see eye to eye.

When you said that you volunteer at the drug and alcohol rehab centre, it came to my mind that there’s a bit of a contradiction there, with a DJ working at a drug and alcohol rehab centre.

Well, we actually staff the place and help out.

Why would it be a contradiction?

Well, hah, hah, one DJ that I talked to said trance music and house music were, basically made to suit different drugs - Trance for acid and House for ecstasy. And the dance scene has a bit of a reputation for being a pill-popping club environment. I said to him that dancing, music and substances have associated with each other for thousands of years, going back to early Greek civiliastion with red wine and the lyre.

Correct. But the thing is, though, at the drug and rehabilitation centre, what it is, is a de-tox centre. It’s not re-hab, it’s only a de-tox centre and 50% of people there are there for alcohol abuse, there’s about 25% for heroin and then about 25% for the other drugs - Speed, Meth, Codeine and all those things. The thing about all that is that it’s a space where people can go and dry out in an anonymous way. There’s actually been people there that I’ve known.

That must be a bit freaky for them, especially.

Yeah, there was a DJ there that I knew.

At least they’re taking the step of drying out.

Yeah, but the thing about it all is, personally, I don’t have any problem with people taking drugs. The problem is that our society has a problem with people taking drugs and they don’t know how to deal with it. The two most dangerous drugs are alcohol and tobacco and they’re legal. Our society is hypocritical.

How are you going?

Not bad. How are you?

I’m good, but everyone is saying, “not bad,” today. Must be something in the air.

Most probably the thing in the air is that there’s lots of things that I’ve got to do and I’m thinking about them. In the back of my mind, I’m going, “I’m not too bad, but I’ve got all these things to do,” and, maybe, I’m slightly worried about them. How’s that?

Yeah, I completely identify with that. I’m lying when I say I’m good, ‘cause I’m actually freaking out.

Hah. Hah. Hah. Hah. Hah. Hah. Hah. So what have you been up to today?

Well I’m starting a venture. In my family I’ve got four brothers and one sister. Pee Wee and Steven are both DJ’s (too). My sister is a dancer ... also a choreographer, runs the dance department at McDonald College. My brother Nick writes music and does graphics and stuff and my brother, Mash does live sounds for lots of people as well. So, my father, at the end of last year said it was about time we all did something together. He said if he had a company that had the kind of brand exposure that we all had, we’d be millionaires. So, we got together at the beginning of this year, had weekly family meetings to work out what we’re going to do. The first thing we’re going to do is start a DJ school in Sydney. So what I’m doing today I’ve been getting stuff from the web hosting people - what they can and can’t do, content management people and merchant facilities. trying to get to the bottom of what we want to do and who’s going to do it for me. I’ve also got to do two pieces of artwork for my club, “Plastic” and I’ve got to do my new weekly newsletter for my club people as well. Then tomorrow, I’ve got to move out of my studio.

Bummer.

I’ve got to move 15,000 records tomorrow.

You’ve got to? What’s happened there?

It’s a space that Pee Wee and I have rented.

Pee Wee rented it first and then I sub-leased 1/2 from him and Pee Wee is moving. We have to be out by the end of the week. Have you sorted a new place. I’ve got two options and both are not perfect. So, moving boxes of records tomorrow.

You’ll have to get a trolly.

Yeah, so that’s what’s on my plate at the moment.

Has everyone been warning you off going into business with your family?

No. As a group of people we’ve probably gone past that point. We know all the ups and downs of each other, I think. It’s bizarre, ‘cause of all of us with in music or that kind of area, but my father is an accountant, and a very good one, as well.

Excellent.

Yeah, but with everything (the move) going on it’s frustrating, to be honest.

Do you think there’s some element in your upbringing that resulted in you all doing something creative?

Yeah. It took me a long while to work it out, but, and this is not the sole reason, but I think one of the main things is that my mother had the six of us in seven years ... so Steven was 20 when Pee Wee, the youngest, was 13, so we were in that age group and we were always having people around at our house. There was always something going on. It was always very active.

And we were always into music. At school we’d be saying, “You’ve got to hear this, you’ve got to hear this ...” and gravitating into bands. On top of that, all my mum’s family are into art and painting. That’s what I did when I left school.

I did a scholarship in art for three years. Very traditional art for three years. A scholarship to The Royal Art Society.

Six children in seven years, for me, begs the question, “Are you catholic?”

Of course. How has, “The Pope is dead. Long live the Pope,” impacted on you guys?

Hah. Hah. Hah. When I was a teenager, I told my father I didn’t believe in Jesus or the Christian God and I was never going to go to church ever again. He said that was ok. If I didn’t believe, I shouldn’t go. I stepped out of it a long time ago.

I was an alter boy as well, which is even weirder.

But my father is very into it. He’s a Knight of Malta. It’s a group set up in the Crusades, of dedicated Catholics, who were going to fight the good fight.

What does that mean, in terms of today?

He’s very involved in social justice programs.

We are as well. He’s part of St Vincent’s Hospital education as well. They have a drug and alcohol rehab centre that we do volunteer work for. But the Pope thing, we’ve never, really, seen eye to eye. St Vincent’s, as an organisation, were the first ones to set up a needle exchange program and they were threatened with excommunication at that time. And they were threatened by

It’s the money that governments make off them, the billions of dollars that companies have got invested in it and the political and economic clout that they have.

That’s true, but that’d be true about the other drugs, as well. You could legalize the other drugs as well and make money off them. Why don’t they. The reason is a moral issue, that other drugs are somehow dangerous to people.

Our society can’t allow people to take drugs that are somehow dangerous (to who?) and mind altering. It comes down to that we’ve worked out ways to, kind of, function with alcohol and tobacco, but other drugs may do things to people, like they go, “I think our society sucks”.

The other drugs are associated with anti-establishment overtones.

That’s it. That’s more the issue.

Going back to music, what are you and DJ Nervous partners in?

We started our club together, Plastic.

I thought you were the owner.

Pretty much, these days. We just had different directions and he had different priorities, as well.

He had the Transmission parties as well.

What style of dance music do you prefer?

Well, you can never play exactly what you want. if you did it’d probably be just you and a couple of mates there. For people to dance to, I like hard, dark stuff. I don’t necessarily like it too fast, but I like it hard and darker.

What’s the difference between hard and fast?

(Incredulous) Oh, heaps. You can have hard music at 100 bpm or hard music at 150bpm, but fast is only 150bpm.

What identifies a track as hard, if it’s not the pace.

The type of sound. The way the sounds have been constructed with other sounds. There are some pretty hard sounds out there, there’s some pretty hard techno sounds out there. And when I say dark, I mean slightly twisted, as well.

I might play something really hard and dark, and it’s a techno thing, and then I might play something really stupid, ‘cause it seems to work ... when i play hard and dark, I’m fairly eclectic.

I like to play lots of different stuff. it may not come out in one set. Some sets I don’t do it, sometimes I do. I like a lot of acid sounds. I like acid a lot.

That’s where the whole dance music came from, from the acid house days of the late ‘80’s in the UK with the smiley faces, wasn’t it?

You’re absolutely right. Then to dance to, if someone were playing hard and dark, I’d like it, ‘cause people, generally, do. Often I’ll end up going to places that p[lay breaks, drum and bass and deep house.

How did you learn to mix?

Through a lot of mistakes.

Did you have friend who had some decks?

No, it just came about because I kept on putting parties on, at my own house, destroying my house and the people I was living with wanted me to go and live at somebody else’s place. So, we started going and taking over empty clubs, as long as we weren’t paying anything for them and that’s where that started. From there, people asked me to do other stuff, paying stuff. So, I learnt to mix on the run. I didn’t have any turntables. I just learnt as I went along, listened to there people and what they did and tried things out. And then, purely from practice. I landed a residency in a club, which was unique, ‘cause I didn’t have to play Top 40 music. I could do what I liked.. Spago’s in Sydney ...I DJ’d there Friday, saturday, Sunday nights, so I had the run of the place. So, I learnt there, from doing it, on the spot. I didn’t have my own turntables for a long time after I’d been doing that. I would not recommend it to people these days, because there’s not many opportunities to do that kind of stuff. I was in a lucky position, where not everybody wanted to be a DJ. Whereas it’s pretty hard to get into it these days, if you haven’t got the skills to make it. the skill then was more in getting people in. It was about bums on seats, in a way, but different bums on seats.

A DJ said to me that dance music had been stagnating for 5 years. To what extent do you agree with that?

That’s one way of looking at it or which music hasn’t been stagnating? I can’t see that at all.

I think the only thing is that dance music has an influence into culture. the explosiveness of it influence is over, there’s no doubt about that, but that doesn’t mean it’s stagnating.

What excites you about dance music these days? What is it about being involved in the dance music industry or being a DJ that gets yo off?

Firstly, there’s a lot of really good music around.

And it’s not that hard to find really good music.

If someone said that dance music is stagnating, they haven’t been listening to enough music.

They don’t go to enough different places to hear music. there’s a shitload of good music out there. It may not be waht is considered, strictly, to be dance music, but then again, dance music has always challenged the boundaries of what is dance music. Also, if you go looking for a specific thing, you’ll find exactly what you were looking for, and that’s boring. The only way to find something you’re not expecting is to go looking for the unexpected. I might listen to 200 records and come out of the store with 10 or 20 records, but often they’ll be things I didn’t expect to hear. It’s a balance between the pragmatic and the artistic.

Do you find that any one style is dominant over others in Australia or internationally?

Not at all. Sydney has so may small scenes or small clubs that have their own following, that do their own thing and none of them dominate ... a lot of people say similar stuff, that dance music has changed, that its gone in a different direction, but what they’re not aware of is why they feel the way they feel. dance music, in the 90’s was so dominated by the english media, this incredibly successful propaganda machine they had operating. Radio1 was playing a lot of dance music, so people were getting a lot of money, which they could re-invest, and with the media over there, a shitload of magazines that were club/dance oriented, but the wheels fell of it in about 2000 because Radio 1 stopped playing dance music on high rotation, due to a change in format and that killed small labels and a number of clubs changed direction. All the magazines that were so successful at promoting that whole thing, the advertising dried right up, so that whole push from the UK stopped. Now people are left to their own devices as to what’s a good thing.

That’s good isn’t it?

I agree, but a lot of people find it difficult to deal with, and it’s harder to know where to go to find out what you like, but there is a lot of good stuff out there.

BANGERS & MASH

Scott Alert

By Dave Williams

SpinFX (Hbt)

By Dave Williams

What are the most important skills for a DJ? Vibe, you have to feel the music. play music you love for as long as it take’s to play what you want love!

To what extent is the music a DJ plays an expression of what’s happening in their life?

How does your life affect what you play?

I look at my job in a lot of diffrent ways, i want to make people have fun, I want to make myself happy from playing and showing people a different way to listen to modern music, How much do you let the crowd influence what you’re playing?

Unless im playing at home or into the computer its all about the crowd.

What are your favourite three tracks at the moment?

Flow dynamics-live in the mix, cut n run-king of the bongo, i cant just choose three ...

What have you been up to today?

I went record shopping, picked up a few tunes, did the usual emails, web searching and stuff.

You could play anything you wanted really.

Yeah, true. At the end of the day, I just want everybody to have a good time.

Did you find what you were looking for record shopping?

I wasn’t looking for anything particular. Just bought a few different styles, so I picked up a variety of stuff - tech-trance, a bit of hard trance, a few breaks to mix and match a few styles.

What do you remember most about the gig?

I was blown away by the venue, that the University had done such a great set up. They had screens with visuals happening. There was an isolated area with couches and a bar. it was really well set up for that kind of event, which I haven’t seen anywhere else, really.

Do you specialise in trance music?

Yeah, I’m a hard trance DJ, all the way. I like to fuse in a few different styles from techno to breaks, to work in with the crowd, so there’s always something different going on.

Is it when the beats pulse through your own body or you see others on the floor, that you get the biggest rush?

Definitely when you put on a track and the crowd are really into it. You can see a really good energy on the floor between (it) and the DJ - it’s really rewarding. It’s great to see lots of smiling faces, hands in the air. I get a real buzz.

Bodies gyrating ...

People doing spins, jumping around, loving it and that, in turn, gets me more pumped and I work harder at the decks and give a better show.

Do you get out on the floor much or is too close to work?

No, I do. When I started, I was a dancer before a DJ. I used to go to clubs and dance, party up and have fun. I’m a raver at heart. More lately, I’ve been mixing up with the crowd and having a boogie on the floor.

Do you prefer to be at a trance club yourself, as well as playing it?

I do. That’s the style I enjoy the most. I do get out and about, though, and listen to everything - hip hop, techno clubs, psy-trance outdoor parties. I draw a lot of inspiration from different styles of music, because I find that influences what I do with hard trance music. I might find something that I can add to it, so I can add something new, that hasn’t been done. So, it’s good to be open minded.

Do you see anything distinctive about the club scene in Melbourne? melbourne has a great club scene. We’ve got a few hard trance clubs. they’ve been doing really well, this last year. And we’ve got Two tribes and Summerdaze, which have really become part of the scene and through those parties, we’ve seen all styles of music co-exist really well.

On the Hard NRG CD, there’s yourself from Melbourne and John Ferris from Sydney, mixing, do notice any differences that come through?

I think you’ll find that in Melbourne, we’re more into the uplifting hard trance, whereas they’ve a harder edge. Melbourne and Sydney are very similar, compared to Adelaide or Brisbane stuff, which has been a lot harder, but they’ve come more into line with Melbourne and Sydney.

Have you been to Tassie, before?

Yes, I’ve played at the Uni Bar (Hbt) before and absolutely loved it. The crowd there was so into it, were really up for it and allowed us to play a lot of new music as well as older stuff.

I guess a lot of it may be new to some people.

Do you hear much about the club scene in tassie?

Not a lot, just bits and pieces. I think, because its more contained. because melbourne and Sydney have the magazine, the press that gets distributed in both cities we find out, but because of the isolation, in Tassie, we don’t get that, other than from web sites and other DJ’s.

Do you generally hear good things?

Yeah, yeah, nothing but positive stuff., because the crowds are really into the music and having a good time. At the end of the day that’s the most important thing, whether the venue is small or large, it’s the quality of the people and if they love the music.

You’re playing at smaller venues this time, how do you feel about playing smaller venues, compared with large ones or festivals?

I love all the gigs. I find the smaller gigs more intimate. You get much more feedback from the crowd. It’s more one-one-one. You can interact and really work it, whereas some of the bigger venues, you’re a lot more distant.

Isn’t there a lot of ego in the club scene, so that it translates into the bigger the venue, the better you are?

I guess, but I don’t have an ego. I find all the gigs are rewarding. it’s just as important to get out there, to smaller or larger gigs. If the people are really into it, that’s the reward. It’s a buzz to go away and say that 100 people absolutely loved it,. it’s really important to do your best.

You should treat all gigs the same. When I was in Europe, some of the smaller clubs I enjoyed much more than the larger ones. it’s the people, the quality of the people, the sound.

Is there much of a difference between Australian audiences and European audiences?

Yeah, European crowds are very mixed and they more stand in one spot with their fists in the air, whereas Australian crowds are a lot more energetic, especially in Melbourne, with the Melbourne shuffle. And Sydney and Melbourne, people are a lot more energetic. But in Europe the clubs are really packed, so everyone stands there with their hands in the air. That’s it.

What’s the melbourne shuffle.

It’s kind of like doing the “running man’ with a couple of little side steps. It’s taken off in a really big way. it’s quite huge. There’s a DVD coming out. There have been shufflers the world over, through asia as well. It’s kind equal to what breakdancing did to America in the ‘80’s.

Will you be playing any of your own tracks when you come to Tassie.

I’ll probably play one or two tacks, but the stuff I’ve been writing lately has been more for the outdoor scene. I’ll play more of the hard trance that has more of a club feel.

Where are you playing at the moment?

Syrup, mobius, halo, telegraph How much have you played interstate?

Earthcore 10 year aniversary, Revolver(melbourne) twice a year, used to be resident at the Laundry in melbourne, club 77 in sydney when i was a wee tacker, and a couple of random partys in New York, London and Byron Bay. What sort of DJ are you?

I play records...... raised on classic club/ warehouse(grew up playing bass in a band, hendrix, floyd, sex pistols, carcass, dark throne..... in the last 12 years i tought my self how to scratch and use the turtables as an art form.

Why do you DJ? I cant help it. I grew up in an environment where it seemed like a natural progression. Instead of pokimon I've bought records since I was 14.

Who’s had the biggest influence on your career? Why? A mixture of friends and good dj’s that made me want to play records.

Tassie DJ’s should do more … ?

Tasmainian dj’s are the real deal we teach as much as we learn.

Where do you want to take your DJ career and how will you get it there?

Where ever it will take me, as long as i enjoy it i will try and mix.

How much production have you done?

Just personal stuff, some tunes on local cd’s and some live stuff with tone wheel.

What else do you do in the dance music industry in Tasmania?

I order and sell records for ruff cut records in hobart.

BANGERS & MASH

The Game

By Elona Bonnici How did you feel when you knew Dre would be producing ‘ The Documentary’?

It was a DREAM, I just couldn’t believe I was next to him half the time...... cuz he was my idle growing up N.W.A. all day it was just amazing You also worked with 50 on it, now shit has hit the fan, someone got shot, what happened?

50 is a good artist........ I don’t really respect him as a person but it was over a lot of shit a lot of it was about me not hopping on ‘ piggy bank’ dissing Jada and Fat Joe. Did it worry you when the Rev AL Sharpton proposed to ban bad boys who were connected in any violent acts on air play for 90 days?

Ahhhh fuck that nigga…..ya it’s threatening but that nigga don’t know wussup Was that the main reason you and 50 then collaborated again to donate over $250,000 to the Boys Choir of Harlem?

We did not want anyone to get hurt ,that was the anniversary of Biggie’s death.

I aint rolling with G Unit though .

The Game, a former gangbanger who turned to rap after being shot five times and left for dead, is about peace not war.

With the success of the his album ‘The Documentary’, being picked up by Dr Dre, the love and hate battle between him and Fifty Cent, he's now on tour with Snoop Dogg on the ‘How The West Was One’ tour.

I caught up with this Compton Bad Boy while he was on the road, to see how life was treating him.

Congratulations on ‘The Documentary’ .You sold one million records in three weeks from when ‘ The Documentary’ was released. How have things changed in your life?

It’s just been amazing watching Harlem grow up, It’s just a big step from Compton to Hollywood I read your Grandmother named you ‘The Game’, because you always had game for everything. Are you competitive in everything you do?

Yea everything....... I did track, basketball, football, baseball I was very active I didn’t want to lose, so that’s why I’m competitive in everything

Alleyway Crawlers TAS Hip Hop Compilation Ryan and Paul have been evicted. By the time you read this, the studio, upstairs in the old Coats Patons building in Launceston, where the guys put together a compilation of Tasmanian hip hop, will be no more. The Door of Hope organisation have shown the boys the door because of two holes in the wall near the toilets that were made on the weekend when the boys were having a jam with some other hip hop lovers.

So what’s the CD about and why have you put it together?

Ryan: To give exposure to artists that haven’t previously released anything or had the chance to, as far as hip hop goes.

Where are the artists from?

Ryan: All around the state Pauly: Devonport, some dudes from Hobart and a few dudes from around Launceston.

Tell us about your foundation ‘ Black Wall Street’?

I’m looking for some talent anyone who could spit join the squad .

How is touring with Snoop Dogg, you have back to back shows? What’s the craziest moment so far, when you’ve thought, “Fuck this is surreal”?

Just a lot of groupies hahahahaha but I’m on tour with a legend WESTSIDE!!!!! lets bring it back shout out to San Quinn and Done Deal, E-40, Sean T, whole bay area all my homies in L.A. I remember reading you said quote “ Everybody’s rapping but their not saying anything”, What is it you want to accomplish through your music?

I’m trying to bring REAL RAP back none of this chingy shit............................... I’m trying to send a message, build opportunities for people So is living the dream, as good as dreaming the dream?

That’s tough well hell ya its better hahaha it’s a Dream !!!!!!!!

Thanks, enjoy the tour. ight I’m out hopefully I’ll talk to yall again ight peace

By Dave Williams

we get used to the process of what has to be done, ‘cause there have been a lot of complications. Once we’re used to that it’ll get better, but I think it’s still pretty good, considering these are, mostly, people that haven’t ever put anything proper together.

How long have you been producing music and how did you get into it?

Ryan: For about a year, year and a half.

Pauly: You’ve been producing beats longer than that, but we didn’t actually decide to use it as a hip hop thing ... as a group, we’ve only been into it for a year.

Ryan: When the Hilltop Hoods came down, we got inspiration from that and started recording.

How much of an effect do touring mainland acts have on the development down here?

Ryan: it’s definitely helping. There are so many good acts coming down.

Pauly: Downsyde didn’t come though ... something to do with their promoter, apparently, which is really depressing, but Bliss ‘N’ Esso came down too, but the problem is they don’t generate enough of a crowd for such an amazing performance. I guess people don’t really know of everything that’s happening.

Ryan: It’s a lot to do with the advertising. It seems like they don’t put much effort into it and they don’t see it’s worth putting much effort into it.

Pauly: They don’t know there are people here that are really interested. i think there are, but it’s a matter of getting them all together.

Why do you think they haven’t released before?

Pauly: Around here, there are people who are right into hip hop, except ... they don’t really communicate much and don’t get anything moving, as a group. I think this sort of thing will get the people together and we’ll start to get to know each other ... and actually make something happen.

What sort of standard doe you think are the artists on the CD? Ryan: I think they’re a fairly high standard for the lack of motivation in the state.

Pauly: It is the first attempt from people around, so in the future the standard will get higher, once

The eviction holes

BANGERS & MASH like a beginning.

Carl Cox

So where are you at the moment?

I’m in England at the moment.

I thought you were in Spain.

I was in Spain, then I went off to Italy last weekend to do three parties and I came back to england two days ago. Then I’ll be playing London on Friday, Scotland on Saturday and Sunday in Ireland.

So, it’s all pretty full on at the moment.

I spoke to a DJ living in the UK recently, who said that to get something going, in terms of production, you had to live in London and that even Sydney was too far away, let alone Tasmania. How much do you agree with that?

Not at all. i think if you’ve got anything to offer in the world, you don’t actually have to be anywhere.

You can do anything from you house and have associates in certain areas. I’ve always been out of London. I’ve always been a south coast DJ and I made it. me living in London or Manchester or anywhere prolific, wouldn’t have helped me actually, ‘cause I stood out more by being an outsider, coming in, because I wasn’t swayed by fashion or following any sheep-like musical trend. It was what I created, It was what made me, me. So, for myself, I’d go and play London, but I’d be an outsider in London. It was kind of exciting, really. If I’d just stayed in London and I’d have been blase, going “London music, London Dj, it’s all good.”

That makes me warm and fuzzy and excited inside as well.

Hah. Hah. Hah. That’s good. That’s a good question. Manchester was actually a hub for new music coming out and I’m a Mancurian myself, born in Manchester, in a place called Oldham, but I have no idea what happened, musically, in Manchester ‘cause I was never there. Yeah, The Stone Roses came out, The Happy Mondays came out, the hype and heights of the Hacienda, but I wasn’t there for any of it, but here I am. I don’t think you need to be in any of these places, you’ve just got to do what you do and then go to these places and do what you’ve done and everything seems to work out. I always like people who come from the outside in, because people who come from the outside in have a different perspective than people on the inside looking out.

This DJ I spoke to also said the top DJ’s in the Uk were very protective of their positions because of the contraction in the dance industry in the Uk in the last five years. How do top DJ’s protect their position and do you think that happens?

It is a rat-race, a rat-about. if you had it all and you lost it all, the thing you’d be trying to do is get it all back. Hah. Hah. And once you’re on that slippery slide, it’s hard to come back from that, and I don’t

By Dave Williams

want to mention any names, but there’s quite a few DJ’s who have slipped through the “net” of where positions were and where they are today. but it’s only because of persistence, in one way, if you’ve got initial talent, you’ll stay where you are, people will like what you’re doing. I’ve always reinvented myself, when I’ve had enough of a certain genre of music, which you’ve supported, at the end of the day, but you just have to move on. Moving on you have to make the right decisions to move left, right or centre. I’ve always moved up, so ... the music going on right now is where I’m at and people have trusted me to make the right moves and go in the right direction. It’s just something that I’ve always been able to do, a talent to spot new music, push people’s ideas of listening to music for the future. A lot of DJ’s are not thinking about the future at all. They’re just thinking about the now, what they can get out of it now and that’s it, but there’s still so much more water in this well, as far as music goes. I still see it as a brand new day. Right now, there’s a lot of really good music coming out, which I can’t ignore, so I need to play it. I need to play it on the dancefloor, so people can get it and with that kind of attitude, it seemed to be working really well for me.

In some of the promo that came with your new artist album, “2nd Sign,” it said that you may ruffle a few feathers with fans with this new album. What’s that referring to?

I don’t know. I’ve always been perceived as a techno DJ, full on, underground and that’s it. There is some techno on the album, but I’ve always been an open-minded DJ. I’ve always been a DJ that wants everyone to enjoy it, no matter if it’s drum and bass, soul, breaks, punk - I don’t care, as long as you like what you hear, and then it’s great.

I want people to understand I do have a wider scope knowledge of music and am able to make a wider range of music, rather than stick me in some box for a linear sound, where it’s credible to say, “Yeah, he only sold four records, but it’s wicked”.

I want a lot of people to say, yeah I enjoy Carl Cox’s music, there’s some tracks on the album I like some I didn’t like, but it’s his sound. So, I’m just chasing to create my own sound, and my own sound is based on funk and soul music. This is where I came from. If people hear the 21Century carl Cox or hear the sets of what I’m playing now, you won’t really hear that on this new album, you won’t really hear that, ‘cause I’ve always been more prolific when I’m making music, whether people get it or not, it’s just me and my vocation.

Hah. Hah. Hah. The way I approached this album, this is the only way it could have come out. I can and will progress as I go along. It’s all about where I want to end up, but I have to start somewhere.

You have to get people to understand that there’s a beginning before there’s an end. For me, this is

I also read that the new album is the one you’re most happy with, out of the artist albums you’ve produced, but isn’t that what every artist is going to say, otherwise who would buy it?

Yeah, it’s true, but the main thing about this album, after my last two albums, and I got a bit of a kicking on my last album, you, either go into obscurity and say sod it, I’ll never make any real music ever again, or it takes nearly five years to bring out the next one. When I look at my last two albums, I made the first one in six months, I made the second album within a year and also I was tied to a major record company who were telling me these records weren’t commercial enough. I was like, “Christ, how much further do you want me to go with these records?” I was getting really pissed, deadlines and whatever, so it wasn’t much fun making those albums. The first one was, but the second one definitely wasn’t. But this one has been the most fun of all, because of the way I approached it. And what came out from the way I approached it is the one I’m most happy with, because I didn’t have to pander to anybody or anything. i put it all together and then I was able to get the record company to come in and was delighted with the album from what it was. No-one has come in and said we need to remix that record, put that disc on the radio. It was like, “Great album, we like the entirety of it. You’ve already got all your artwork sorted out, you’re already pawning the album. For anyone putting an album out, it’s happy days for them, because all the hard work has been done. No one has to A& R the album and they listen to is and they like it, they’ve just got to get behind it and that’s what’s happened. So, my independent record label, 21st Century Records, has been picked up by PIAIS for worldwide (distribution) also, which has been brilliant. So, it’s like a success story based on my independent roots of creating my own destiny. If I’d looked for another record label to take my record on, it would never have happened.

I’m getting warm and fuzzy again.

Hah. Hah. Hah. By going renegade and saying even if no-one picks my album out, I’m going to put it out myself, rise or fall that’s the thing that will make me feel about making the sound, as I stand behind what I believe in and what I created.

I understand you think, “2nd Sign” has a festival feel to it. What do you mean by that?

I think a lot of it is to do with good times. there’s rock drums on the Norman Cook track, drum and bass with rock guitar, so it’s the closest I’ve got to music that i would play at rock festivals. Whereas my other albums haven’t been. This one is a little close to edgier music, apart from the beginning of the album, which is a lot more to do with songs.

But there is elements of, “How far can I take this,” and I wanted to also to be available to perform these records live, which I have been doing with the Carl Cox & friends parties. I’ve been getting with musicians to perform these tracks right in front of an audience. They’ve never heard these tracks before in their life, but these are the people who made the tracks. So there’s an element of performance with this album, which is the first time that I’ve done this too.

Have you got a favorite type of gig?

I do like a good festival. I was able to play The Big day Out this year and that was awesome.

Absolutely awesome. In fact, that was the best festival I’ve played, so far. It was absolutely amazing. You’ve got some hardcore rock fans that go to those festivals, but The Boiler Room was packed with people who were really enjoying it and, behind me I had half the crew from System of A Down and Slipknot and they were going mad, which was really cool. Hah. Hah. When do you think you’ll be coming back to Australia and is there any chance you’ll be coming to Tasmania to play?

I’ll be coming back January the 2nd and, hopefully, I’m going to be doing my live tour, also. But also, tasmania is definitely on the map for next year. I have no idea why I haven’t been playing Tasmania.

I now there’s a few good clubs there and the scene has definitely improved since I was there last, which was about five years ago.

It’s growing, which seems to be the opposite to the global trend.

Yeah, which I think is fantastic. I remember playing there for the first time at a really wicked club on a Wednesday night and it rocked. It was brilliant, but I haven’t been back there since. So, I’m sure I’ll see a different Tasmania, the next time I come back ‘round. If I do that I want to bring the whole concept over and do the whole live show, anyway.

So, we’ll definitely be looking into me coming back over for next year.

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GIG Guide 04/05/05 - 31/05/05 Halo Lalaland’s Birthday Feat DJ Josh(Adelaide)

Devonport

SUNDAY

Republic Bar 10pm Dr. Fink Syrup

Spurs Saloon Muddy Turds + The Belchers(launy) All original music 10:30-12:30, no cover

Hobart

Upstairs 3pm: SATURDAY ARVO LIVE SESSIONS – Rock out with the bands:The ROOBS from 3pm to 6pm.

Downstairs 10.30pm: TACKYLAND – 70’s 80’s and 90’s RETRO with resident DJ’s Nick C and Roly.

Upstairs 11pm: The BEEZ NEEZ presents – DIRTY F*CKN DANCIN – house, electro & breaks, with resident DJ’s Gillie, Adam Turner, and Guests.

Hobart

Launceston

Launceston

Irish Murphy’s Sgt Green

Irish Murphy’s Distro

Hobart

James Hotel DJs Mac D & Wreckage in Reality

James Hotel The Uprsing + The Styles

Republic Bar 8.30pm Josh Wilkinson

Hobart

Lonnies Groove

Lonnies Groove

Launceston

Republic Bar 9pm Leo De Castro & friends

Royal Oak Leo & Mick

Royal Oak The Rakes

Syrup MESH – Hobart’s oldest club night, breaks/drum+bass with resident DJ SPIN-FX+ Loki+ Scott Woodhouse.

Saloon Super Saturday, the Party Continues with Coastal Jammin featuring Mr Timothy, Nathan G and Towera in The Loft ($15 Entry) also DJ Loco at the best venue in town!

Saloon Ladies Night Ladies Only, Free Entry between 9 and 11pm. $3 Cocktails as well.

Get the girls together and come party at the Best Venue in town!

WEDNESDAY 4TH

Hobart Republic Bar 9pm J. Hanson Syrup MARGARIT-A-GO-GO! ½ price Margarita mayhem with 50’s,60’s, 70’s Retro DJ’s, Sven Gali and T.H.C

Launceston Irish Murphy’s PFEA Touring Act James Hotel Cheap Ass Wednesday with Carl Fidler Saloon Legendary Uni Night With live bands, DJ Loco and Karaoke in The Loft.

THURSDAY

Lonnies Groove

FRIDAY

Republic Bar 8.30pm Roz Pearson & MK Latin

Launceston

Royal Oak Daniel Townsend Saloon Ladies Night Ladies Only, Free Entry between 9 and 11pm. $3 Cocktails as well.

Get the girls together and come party at the Best Venue in town!

6TH

Irish Murphy’s Phil Picasso Leo Mick Attard The Unit Saloon The Cat Empire Sly Tour - Huge night, don’t miss it!

MONDAY

9TH

Hobart

Hobart

Republic Bar 10pm Nellie & the Fat Band ($2)

Republic Bar 8.15pm Republic Quiz Night

Soak: Soak, Cluster Collective and Inflight Gallery present: Sight and Sonic Featuring Dj Olive ( NY) Plus local supports: On live sound: Gustoko, Broken Tiny, Timeoffice, Ultra Sound DJ: Dj Chilli, Dj Paul, Dj Brent, Plus live video.

Time: 9pm - 3am Cost: $10 on the door.

Further info: www.clustercollective.com or phone the venue.

Launceston

Syrup

Republic Bar 9pm Benny & TC

Downstairs 8pm: KO – Resident DJ’s Seb & Guests ‘Laying down the Khunks “O” Funk’ Downstairs 10.30pm: BOOGIE – 70’s & 80’s FUNK with resident DJ’s Nick C and Duncan.

Upstairs 11pm LACASA MR TIMOTHY NATHAN G + TOWERA SMITH live Vocals + Gilie Matt B

15TH

Republic Bar 8.30pm Cake Walking Babies

Launceston Irish Murphy’s Rob Elliot Steve Moore Jesse Funken Unbelievable 16TH

Irish Murphy’s Distro

James Hotel HO Club with Glenn Moorhouse & Jesse Pitcher TUESDAY

10TH

Hobart

Launceston

Hobart Republic Bar 9pm House of Lions (Reggae/African)

Lonnies Groove

Syrup MARGARIT-A-GO-GO! ½ price Margarita mayhem with 50’s,60’s, 70’s Retro DJ’s, Sven Gali and T.H.C

Royal Oak Carl Fidler Saloon COG With In The Grey and Fallen Empire, ($12 Entry),DJ Loco And Karaoke in The Loft.

13TH

James Hotel HO Club with Ben Castles & Mick Attard TUESDAY

17TH

Hobart Republic Bar 9pm G.B. Balding

Hobart

Launceston

Republic Bar 10pm The Fauves ($12/$10)

Irish Murphy’s Carl Fidler

Syrup Downstairs 8pm: KO – Resident DJ’s Seb, & Guests ‘Laying down the Khunks “O” Funk’ Downstairs 10.30pm: BOOGIE – 70’s & 80’s FUNK with resident DJ’s Nick C and Duncan.

Upstairs 11pm: LaCasa – Vocal House with resident DJ’s, Adam Turner, Kir and DJG

Saloon Trivia Night in the Main Room $5,000 to be Won - Commences at 7pm.

Launceston

Republic Bar 9pm Souletude

Cafi Centro “Dance ur ass off” - Queer/LGBT Dance Party Get ready for a night full of dynamic sounds Freaky Friday Upstairs @ Cafi Centro 8.30 till late, $5 door entry.

WEDNESDAY 18TH

Hobart

Syrup MARGARIT-A-GO-GO! ½ price Margarita mayhem with 50’s,60’s, 70’s Retro DJ’s, Mr Sven Gali and T.H.C

Launceston Irish Murphy’s Ripsister

Irish Murphy’s Mick Attard The Rakes James Hotel Cheap Ass Wednesday with the Green Berets

Lonnies Groove Royal Oak PD Hale & Band (L’ton Blues Club)

Saloon Legendary Uni Night with live bands, DJ Loco and Karaoke in The Loft.

Saloon Dance the Night Away with DJ Loco and Karaoke in The Loft.

THURSDAY

SATURDAY

Republic Bar 9pm Paul Greene ($3)

14TH

19TH

Hobart

Hobart Irish Murphy’s Mick Attard

WEDNESDAY 11TH

James Hotel Mick Attard & DJs MacD & Wreckage in Reality

Irish Murphy’s Kyrin

James Hotel Carl Fidler & DJs MacD & Wreckage in Reality

Irish Murphy’s Carl Fidler

Saloon Trivia Night in the Main Room $5,000 to be Won - Commences at 7pm.

Launceston

City Hall Cat Empire

Syrup MESH – Hobarts oldest club night, breaks/drum+bass with resident DJ SPIN-FX and guests.

8TH

Hobart

James Hotel Homgrown - The Rakes & Brendan Turriff

Hobart

Republic Bar 9pm The 120Y’s

in town!

MONDAY

SUNDAY

Irish Murphy’s Phil Picasso

SATURDAY

12TH

5TH

Launceston

FRIDAY

THURSDAY

Launceston Irish Murphy’s Daniel Townsend The Styles

7TH James Hotel Cheap Ass Wednesday with Leigh Ratcliffe Saloon Legendary Uni Night with live bands, DJ Loco and Karaoke in The Loft.

Republic Bar 10pm Sugartrain ($2)

Syrup MESH resident DJ SPIN-FX and guests.

Launceston Syrup Upstairs 3pm: SATURDAY ARVO LIVE SESSIONS – Rock out to LIVE BANDS Botox from 3pm to 6pm.

CHEAP DRINKS Downstairs10.30pm: TACKYLAND – 70’s 80’s and 90’s RETRO with resident DJ’s Nick C and Roly Upstairs 11pm: The BEEZ NEEZ present DIRTY FKING DANCIN – the best of house, electro & breaks with resident DJ’s Gillie, Adam Turner, and guests.

Launceston Irish Murphy’s Distro James Hotel The Fauves & The Dead Abigails $10/$8 9.30pm Lonnies Groove

Irish Murphy’s Jesse James Hotel Homegrown with Waiter & Carl Fidler Lonnies Groove Royal Oak Ultimo Trem Saloon Ladies Night Ladies Only, Free Entry between 9 and 11pm. $3 Cocktails as well.

Get the girls together and come party at the Best Venue in town!

FRIDAY

Royal Oak Phil Emmanuel Saloon Super Saturday, the Party Continues dance the night away with DJ Loco at the best venue

20TH

Devonport Alex Hotel 9pm

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9pm

Republic Bar 10pm Leo De Castro & the Warriors ($2)

Launceston

Syrup Downstairs 8pm: KO – Resident DJ’s Seb, & Guests ‘Laying down the Khunks “O” Funk’ Downstairs 10.30: BOOGIE – 70’s & 80’s FUNK with resident DJ’s Nick C and Duncan.

Upstairs 11pm: LaCasa – House Funk with resident DJ’s Matt B, Gillie and Guests.

Uni Bar Paul Greene 12:30 - 2pm

Patrick & Anna (Guitar & Violin)

Groove Royal Oak Darren Jack Band (L’ton Blues Club)

Irish Murphy’s Sambo Saloon Trivia Night in the Main Room $5,000 to be Won - Commences at 7pm.

Saloon Dance the Night Away with DJ Loco and Karaoke in The Loft.

SATURDAY

28TH

WEDNESDAY 25TH

Devonport

Hobart

Warehouse Entertainment Complex The Camels

Launceston

Republic Bar 9pm Darren Jack & Band (ex. 3rd Degree) ($3)

Gunners Arms The Drones + The Styles Door: $8.00

Syrup MARGARIT-A-GO-GO! Margarita mayhem with 50’s,60’s, 70’s Retro DJ’s, Sven Gali and T.H.C

Irish Murphy’s The Dead Kilkenney’s

Launceston

Hobart Halo M*A*S*H*U*P with MPK from adelaide, big dog records, enchanted productions. presented by FXU with support from Tasmania’s finest drum n bass dj’s $10pre $15on the door

James Hotel Mick Attard & DJs MacD & Wreckage in Reality

Irish Murphy’s Samuel Bester The Uprising

Lewisham Tavern The Camels

Lonnies Groove

James Hotel Cheap Ass Wednesday with Phil Picasso

Republic Bar 10pm Nellie & the Fat Band ($2)

Royal Oak Carl Fidler

Saloon Legendary Uni Night with live bands, DJ Loco and Karaoke in The Loft.

Saloon Wintersun Karaoke State Final with DJ Loco.

Uni Bar The Camels

SATURDAY

THURSDAY

Syrup Upstairs 3pm: SATURDAY ARVO LIVE SESSIONS – Rock out to LIVE BANDS from 3pm to 6pm.DRINK SPECIALS Downstairs 10.30: TACKYLAND – 70’s 80’s and 90’s RETRO with resident DJ’s Nick C and Roly.

Upstairs 11pm: The BEEZ NEEZ present DIRTY F*CKN DANCIN “if it’s good we’ll play it” – house, electro & breaks with resident DJ’s Gillie, Adam Turner and guests.

21ST

26TH

Hobart

Devonport

Halo DJ Halo (H-Foundation - San Diego)

Spurs Saloon Anarkasiem(hobart) + The Zip Up Casuals All original music 10:30-12:30, no cover

Republic Bar 10pm The Drones ($8) supp: P.D. Hale & Band

Hobart

Syrup MESH – Hobarts oldest club night, breaks/drum+bass with resident DJ SPIN-FX + Loki + Scott Woodhouse.

Saloon Super Saturday, the Party Continues With National Pornographic, DJ Loco and Ministry of Sound’s John Ferris and Scott Alert in The Loft.

Launceston

Irish Murphy’s Leigh Radcliffe

Forth

James Hotel Homgrown - Spankpaddle

Bridge Hotel The Darren Jack Band Hobart

Launceston SUNDAY

29TH

Lonnies Groove

Lonnies Groove

Royal Oak Samuel Bester

Royal Oak Turry Beevor

Saloon Ladies Night Ladies Only, Free Entry between 9 and 11pm. $3 Cocktails as well.

Get the girls together and come party at the Best Venue in town!

Irish Murphy’s John Collinghan Phil Picasso The Unit

FRIDAY

Hobart

Republic Bar 8.30pm 4 Letter Fish

27TH

Hobart

Hobart Republic Bar 9pm Fruit ($10/$8)

Launceston Irish Murphy’s Paul Greene Support - The Van’s MONDAY

23RD

Republic Bar 8.30pm Samuel Bester

Launceston Irish Murphy’s Carl Fidler

MONDAY

30TH

Republic Bar 8.15pm Republic Quiz Night

Launceston

Republic Bar 10pm The Camels ($5/$3) supp: Anita George & Northbound

Irish Murphy’s Jesse Carl Fidler

Syrup Downstairs 8pm: KO – Resident DJ’s Seb & Guests ‘Laying down the Khunks “O” Funk’ Downstairs 10.30pm: BOOGIE – 70’s & 80’s FUNK with resident DJ’s Nick C and Duncan.

Upstairs 11pm: PICKLE featuring MOS HARD NRG 7 with John Ferris,Scott Alert,Corney and DSKO

James Hotel HO Club with Ben Castles & Mick Attard

Uni Bar The Camels Thirsty Merc National Pornographic Mad Uncle

Launceston

TUESDAY

Irish Murphy’s Hobart Rock Band - OSCAR

Hobart Republic Bar

Launceston

Dr Syntax The Darren Jack Band

James Hotel HO Club with Leigh Ratcliffe & Glenn Moorehouse 24TH

Uni Bar - Hobart Campus 1 Churchill Ave Sandy Bay 6226 2495 www.tuu.com.au

Launceston

James Hotel Paul Greene in The James Bar (Free) - Fruit with DJs MacD & Wreckage in Reality $5

22ND

Syrup 1st Floor 39 Salamanca Place Hobart 6224 8249 syrupclub@bigpond.com

James Hotel DJs Mac D & Wreckage in Reality Lonnies Groove

SUNDAY

Soak 237 Elizabeth St Hobart 6231 5699

Irish Murphy’s Funken Unbelievable

Republic Bar 9pm Thirsty Merc ($15/$12) supp: Unleash the Nugget

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Syrup Upstairs 3pm: SATURDAY ARVO LIVE SESSIONS – Rock out to LIVE BAND: Reactions(last gig before Melb tour)+ Support from 3pm to 6pm. $2 BOAGS all ARVO Downstairs 10.30: TACKYLAND – 70’s 80’s and 90’s RETRO with resident DJ’s Nick C and Roly.

Upstairs 11pm: The BEEZ NEEZ – present DIRTY FKING DANCIN – house, electro & breaks with resident DJ’s Gillie, Adam Turner, and guests.

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Lonnies Niteclub 107 Brisbane St Launceston 6334 7889 www.lonniesniteclub.com lonniesniteclub@yahoo.com The Batty The Batman Fawkner Inn 35 Cameron St Launceston 6331 7222

Republic Bar 9pm Blue Flies

Launceston Saloon Trivia Night in the Main Room $5,000 to be Won - Commences at 7pm.

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HARD BOILED

Nightwish

By Jason Healey

bands by providing rehearsal spaces and the like?

It’s not so easy actually, and people ask me all the time why are the Finnish bands so good, why are they high quality etc, and the answer for this is many things. Playing this kind of music is very natural for Finnish people. I know that may sound a little corny but we come from a country that has a lot of darkness during the winters, so playing black metal, or melancholic music is in our blood.

It’s like the Americans are really good at Hip Hop, and the Jamaicans are good at Reggae – it’s in their blood. It’s really natural, we never have to fake it.

Focusing on the quality of musicianship from Finland… do people focus on this perhaps because it is a small population?

Finland has a seemingly small population, yet metal and hard rock seem to rule the charts there. Has this always been the case that you can recall?

I think the whole thing really started about four or five years ago. There was a big metal music boom here in Finland with Stratovarius, Children Of Bodom and Nightwish. And nowdays, all the metal bands always top the charts… even the more extreme metal bands like Children Of Bodom who always go number 1. Their latest single was number 1 for six weeks. I think this is really a phenomenon that could only happen in Finland. I can’t think of this happening anywhere else in the world.

Well it definitely would not happen in Australia. When you consider the quality of the bands, and the level of musicianship among many of the Finnish acts, I wonder what sort of support network there is in Finland. Do the Finnish government support musicians and

Zero Degrees Freedom

By Ryan Cooke

It might be that… but it would more likely be practical factors like the fact that we have a lot of good music schools, good studios, good engineers and so on. There is also some sort of snowball effect here with some bands having success, and that making it easier for other bands.

There is a track on ‘Once’ called ‘Creek Mary’s Blood’ and some of the vocals on this track were in fact recorded by an American Indian..

Do people sometimes confront you and suggest that you should be more focused on the Finnish culture.

There are some people who came to me and said that. Thre is a really strong mythology in Finland, especially in Lapland – the Sami people, whose way of living is very much the same as the American Indians. I have always been really fascinated by that culture as well. The thing is that there are many bands in Finland who have already done this – added this Sami mythology into their music, so we wanted to do something unique. I don’t think any Finnish band has done even a song about native American Indians. So I wanted to go together in 2003, although we were without a keyboardist for a while last year when Andy went overseas for a few months. All the other members are active in other bands around Tassie. Will (guitar) and Linton (drums) are in Ashlan, and Linton also drums in quite a few other bands around Tassie. Chris (bass) also plays in Corpse Carving and Andy (keys) is involved in numerous projects, including an acoustic duo.

to some fresh territories here.

You yourself have strong feelings for the Finnish culture though?

Tuomas: I have very strong feelings and I myself have been living in the countryside, in the middle of the woods and the lakes my whole life, so I think that really affects who I am as a person and what I am as a musician. I can callmyself a redneck as I am not a city person and I erally don’t enjoy being in the big cities.

How do you cope with touring?

METAL / HARDCORE IN MAY

By Ryan 2005 has already been a big year for the Metal scene and it’s seems to be getting better. April, May and June are shaping up as big months with new releases coming from Limp Bizkit, Meshuggah, Mudvayne, The Agony Scene, Wednesday 13, System of Down and Nine Inch Nails. Locally Cog, Zero Degrees Freedom, Nosce Teipsum, Karinvool and Corpse Carving have all released great

It is always great to go home, It’s not like I am a hermit or anything, I like seeing other people and I like seeing different cities and different cultures and all that, but I always need my solitude and privacy as well.

Did the popularity of Nightwish in Finland give the band the confidence to go and attack the rest of the world?

Confidence is the key word. When you talk about selling albums, I really make the music from the heart and I don’t really care about the charts or anything. Although, when you see your own work ion the charts, or getting played on the radio, it truly gives you this confidence that maybe you are doing something right after all.

I doubt any band knows they will be successful, but do you recall a time when you sat back and realized for the first time that you were really onto something big?

Corpse Carving

records recently, I recommend you buy them.

When we did the album ‘Oceanborn’ it hit the charts here really high and we started to get a lot of publicity and started doing a lot of shows and that was the time I thought OK, this could be something worthwhile doing .

I think things in Tassie are progressing quite well. Obviously the more established bands have been making some big waves both nationally and overseas, but there are some seriously talented newer bands emerging as well, which is always a good thing. I’ve also been noticing quite a few new faces at gigs lately, so Id say interest in metal is on the increase at the moment.

In Metal News, Psycroptic have parted ways with vocalist Matthew ‘Chalky’ Chalk, citing recent disharmony, something which compelled Psycroptic’s other 3 members to make the difficult, upsetting decision to ask him to leave. Same cannot be said for KoRn however, who have lost foundation member Brain ‘Head’ Welch, who has decided to leave to ‘find Jesus’.

How were you received on your last mainland tour and when will you go again?

To what extent do you feel like an outsider

Parkway Drive

How true is it that Zero Degrees Freedom started as a solo project and how has it evolved into its current form?

I had tried to start ZDF as a band back in 2001, but had so much difficulty in getting a band together that I eventually made the decision to write and record the first CD by myself. Around 2003 when I was releasing the second CD, I started looking for possible band members once again…and because Id somewhat defined the direction I was taking with the music by this stage, it made finding them a little easier.

Initially, it took a while for the other guys to stop thinking of ZDF as being my solo project, but that mindset is thankfully long dead now. Everyone is contributing to the writing process, so there are a lot more influences apparent in the newer songs, though the darkness and melodic aspects of the earlier material is still at the core of everything.

How many line-up changes have there been, where did the current members come from and what are their roles in the band?

The line-up hasn’t changed since the band got

amongst the other, younger band members?

I don’t. Though being a bit older means my CD collection is a bit more extensive and gets raided constantly.

How happy were you with doing a split CD with Nosce Teipsum?

The split is actually the first ZDF release to feature the full band. Because the other releases featured programmed drums and so on, we thought it would be cool to re-work and re-record some of the older material so it gave a better impression of how it sounded live, as well as a few new songs to act as a preview for the album which we are looking at recording later this year.

Originally we were looking at doing this in the form of an EP, but the idea of releasing it as a split with NT made a lot more sense, plus we really liked the idea of each band doing a cover of one of each other’s songs.

How do you see the health of the metal scene in Tassie. To what extent is it coming out of the dark and into the spotlight?

Our last visit to the mainland seemed a lot more relaxed than the previous tour, as we were only playing the one city this time around.

We were headlining a 13-band event called Reign in Metal, which was definitely a new experience for us. Playing a set after 12 hours of drinking and watching the other bands was something of a marathon effort, but it went quite well. We plan on heading back up a little later this year, but we haven’t confirmed dates just yet. Hoping to finally play some shows in Melbourne this time around as well.

What effect does the success of other Tasmanian metal acts, like Psycroptic and Intense Hammer Rage have on your confidence for ZDF achieving success in the future?

I think its awesome that Tassie bands are having the success they are and its definitely encouraging, because its living proof that being based in a somewhat isolated place like Tassie isn’t the barrier that some people make it out to be.

Byron Bay Hardcore act, Parkway Drive, have just wrapped up the writing stage and are about to hit the studio to record their debut album, due out around September/October. Keep an eye out. Iowa’s 18-legged mutant army, Slipknot, are about to release their second DVD, contents are still guarded, as is the title, but keep an eye out for that too. Speaking of DVDs, the next few months will see a major flooding of the market, with new releases coming from Blood Duster, Soulfly, Ill Nino and Nail bomb.

In tour news, thrash gods Megadeth have just wrapped up the Australian leg of their farewell tour. It’s a shame, but all good things must come to an end. Mudvayne have finally decided to grace our shores again, announcing June dates, after last performing at the Big Day Out in 2001.

Also, look out on the first weekend of May for Cog, In the Grey and A Fallen Empire, who are playing shows in Launceston and Hobart. Watch out in May and June for hardcore acts Bleeding Through and Throwdown, who are touring our shores. Also, be prepared for the ‘ear splitting, heart pounding power’ of Atreyu in May. And last but not least, who is ready for the Motley Crue / Motorhead tour in December?

That’s the lot, as Cliff Burton would say… Metal Up Your Ass!

Albums - reviews

by Elona, Randall + Ryan

Ben Lee

Baby Bash

Awake is the New Sleep Ten Fingers

Super Saucy Universal Records

Ben Lee’s new release, ‘Awake is the new sleep’, may just be the coming of age of this talented singer/songwriter. After splitting with long-time beau, Hollywood star Claire Danes, Lee hit the studio to create this wonderful, emotional masterpiece.

Ben himself believed the process of putting this album together was beneficial in the ‘healing process’, his transition from ‘numbness’ to ‘seeing a magical new world’ is a journey for both Ben and the listener.

Standout tracks include ‘Begin’ and Triple J’s flavour of the moment, ‘Gamble everything for love’.

Producer Brad Wood has put together a fantastic record here, expect it to be a major player during the awards season.

Well put it this way, it’s like lip gloss for hip hop. So, super saucy sort of sums it up.

Produced by Happy Perez and executive Producers Charles Chavez and Baby Bash serve it up with flava. Yes..Indeed they do, but then, it all depends on how you like your sauce doesn’t it? Super shiney, super smooth and super cheesy at times, but some good tracks to chill too, for mid afternoon - the kind of record where if you want something not too hard and not too light to groove to then this is your album. The overall production is excellent and the beats are super saucy although he could of added just a bit more spice, especially in the track, “That’s What The Pimpin’s There For”, which is quite catchy but it just needed a bit more oomph. That’s My Lady featuring Nate Dogg delivers and the single Super Saucy featuring Avant is a nice track.

Nice, nice and nice again, can kind of be a little bit blase. Nothing to think about within the lyrics, sort of tenny bopper hip hop, marinated in a little R&B and mixed into a super saucy mix for glams.

Alleyway Crawlers

Lady Laistee

Mix Tape I am going to start with the good and finish with the bad, so brace yourself.

Now on the positive the intro is fantastic the beats and piano, although a little lengthy, but enjoyable none the less.

Most of the beats on this track are good ,yes this is true, but with no diversity, a monotone voice rapping lame lyrics over them ,it doesn’t really win them any votes from my side of the ring.

What irritated me the most , would have to be the lyrics they chose to sing, not only shallow but obvious over reaching (of trying to hard to rhyme) and settling for words that just don’t cut it!

Those who know have got the flow, and this isn’t ringing my bell if you hear what I’m saying. The overall production is mediocre and the lyrics made me cringe, but the beats were phat and healthy this is true ... and it is their first attempt.

Hip Hop Therapy Mother Tongue’s Label /Creative Vibes.

Now Paris is famous for women with attitude, style and opionins. Let’s take, for example Colette to Nancy Mitford, Marie Antoinette to Coco Chanel, Napolean’s Josephine.

It’s no suprise that Lady Laistee, the fiesty vixen tearin it up amongst the greats in Frances hip hop scene is unleashing brilliance in this compilation. Injecting into your veins a rush of super funk, massive throbbing beats, wicked production and her sexy french voice,( you might not understand what she is saying), but your ass will...

So shake away to this. You will no doubt love Diament Noir ( Black Diamond), I personally still favour her single ‘ Respect’ sampling Aretha Franklin, which culturises and supersizes this new millenium re-mix.

The production is bangin, the lyrics are too saucy for Sauce, the beats are primed and oiled ready to roll you in this hip hop therapy until you float away in this french luxury...get it...you deserve to spoil yourself!

Trivium Malente Rip It Up Creative Vibes

Grant Smillie and Carl Kennedy

The Mint Chicks Fuck the Golden Youth Festival Mushroom

One Love Now this here was one wicked suprise, I loved it. Ahh yes take me back 12 years to the 90’s sound of house and decadant dancefloor delirium.

Take me back, re-mix it, re-house it and renovate the magic of Malente, as he puts it all together for us to RIP IT UP for your dancefloor pleasure.

This German lad works with some of the biggest DJ/Producers collaborate to re-mix his ‘No Risk No Funk’ album, Dublex Inc,DJ Friction , Strike Boys, Boca 45, All Good Funk Alliance, Dr Rubberfunk and more in the mix.

Nu Funk Madness, breaks and serious B Boy business here thankyou very much, every track impressed me, the mixing is manic and the phat funk is phenomonal in Funk Tha Rich, and Fever had me looking for panadol , burning it up and most definietly rippin it up.....more like this will eat you alive...totally addictive

This double mix album is the second release in the Onelove series based on the club night at Melbourne’s own Prince of Wales hotel.

With two CD’s packed full of fresh cuts and modern electro tinged house this is an essential album for today’s clubber. Featuring the massive hits Nasty Girl by Inaya Day, Shine by The Lovefreakz, daloop bothers remix of Michael Grey’s The Weekend and Flashdance by Deep Dish, there is no doubt of the commercial flavour currently dominating the Australian dance circuit. Both discs are superbly mixed but hold few surprises for the more eclectic house fan. Nevertheless Carl Kennedy’s mix does take a deeper and more traditional path while Grant Smillie keeps your head to the wall with the phat electro sound of now. As a club night Onelove can boast having some of the greatest names in dance music from around the globe playing killer music week in week out and the album certainly reflects that, a well compiled mix of today’s signature club sound, something for the masses and a more.

The Mint Chicks, the latest exports from across the Tasman, have just unleashed their new album upon the world, entitled ‘Fuck the Golden Youth’.

Track one, ‘Fat Gut Strut’ is a throwback to the days of Refused, with its raw guitar sounds going down well with the listener. Tracks like ‘A quick show of hands’ and ‘Licking letters’ are also impressive.

TMC seem to have identified their niche, with short, sharp tracks landing a ‘one-two punch’ on the listener, not outstaying their welcome and certainly not becoming stale.

Although it sounds great blasting from the stereo, TMC may have difficulty recreating such quality live, which is an issue for prospective fans. Apart from that, great album, well worth buying. Recommended to all.

Ascendancy Roadrunner Records Trivium, the hottest thing to come out of Florida since Miami Vice, have come a long way since their 2003 debut, ‘Ember To Inferno’. The 4-piece act’s latest release, ‘Ascendancy’, is a real step forward for the band, putting them in a position to trump today’s hottest metal acts.

After a solid opening, the second track, ‘Rain’, really kicks this release into top gear, with impressive drum work and masterful guitar solos. Track four, ‘Drowned and torn Asunder’ continues this impressive work, giving the album a hardcore/N.W.O.A.M flavour. Pantera, Metallica and Guns ‘n’ Roses influences are particularly evident on track six, ‘A gunshot to the head of trepidation’, further impressing the listener.

‘Ascendancy’ may just be the shot in the arm the metal community needs, and may just be the defining moment for this young Florida act.

Recommended for fans of Killswitch Engage, In Flames, Shadows Fall and the like.

DVD - reviews

by Elona Bonnici BEN HARPER LIVE AT THE APOLLO Virgin Records EMI music Live at the majestic Apollo theatre in New York, Ben Harper and the Alabama Blind Boys, pay homage to music without tricks, as they perform songs from their Grammy winning album “ There Will Be A Light”.

Ben’s impressive guitar playing pulls the blues gospel spirit from the bottom of your spine, and the deeply moving voices of the Alabama Blind Boys, not only touches you, but near cradles you in there harmonies and amazing vocals.

My favourite, Well Well Well, reminds me of the music from the soundtrack “ Crossroads” if you remember that, you’ll know what I’m talking about, If not...I'm showing my age!

I Want To Be Ready, is a gospel song yes with a hint of reggae, throw a couple of Bongo’s in there and Big Daddy Belting out the Blues had me applauding and I wasn’t even at the Apollo, ahhh the beauty of DVD’s. Church House Steps is an electro blues track, Give A Man A House is compassionate and Wicked Man is heavy laced with percussion and a literally electrifying guitair solo and spiritual vocals.

Inclusive gives you an insight into Ben Harper and The Alabama Blind Boys' amazing behind the scenes journey!

SICKLE

SPECIES III

It starts with a horny couple gettin it on in the car and a fiesty chick who is turned on by places of death and fear, so off they go to the local slaughterhouse to get their freak on as you do....

Rated R for good reason...with bonus nasty bits that kind of linger for alittle too long, but no doubt will keep you amused.

Now this has definitly

got

high levels of strangeness.

Brad

Turner

directs

and

resurrects Species for the third bite of the cherry, as this third generation bombshell with an over charged sex drive attempts to re - populate the human species into her own alien kind.

Some time-filling scenes. The scenes are generally good though, carcuses galore, realistic props and interesting characters.

After a party one night they decide to go and check out the Sickle haunted place of death, when strange things start to occur..

Heart pounding suspense scenes, wicked music to build atmosphere and a little twist just to keep it interesting..

Turned out to be a better viewing experience that I first thought It would be..not a bad flick I say...not a bad flick at all...

It lacks actors and actresses with strength.

The dodgy special effects give you an exact idea of their low budget is,( when pus scenes look like exploding pepsi, mixed with green dish washing detergent).....sighs. So the battle to destroy Sara once and for all is one slow slimey sloth of a film that makes you ......wait for it......

YAWN!!

TOUCHING THE VOID A self spoken documentary giving you insight into an incredible story. As man attempts to conquer nature he is faced with victory on the way up, but then the descent proves to challenge. Man, spirit, nature, pain and exceed the human expectation to survive.

Amazing scenic wonders of the powerful mountains that give majestic viewing to the audience. Camera angles clash with furious white laced mountains that will leave you in awe.

Joe Simpson and Simon Yates set out to climb the west face of the Siula Grande in the Peruvian Andes. It was 1985 and the men were young, fit, skilled climbers. The west face, remote and treacherous, had not been climbed before. It drags your emotions out, it places fear in the very palm of your sweaty hands and forces you to watch the courageous outcomes that did not come easy...to survive the mountain, the rock the elements and having no control, In a land that knows no boundaries, and has no mercy... once again the human spirit prevails, and two climbers get an adventure that they will never forget..and either will you!

GIG Reviews

by Emma & Ryan

Machine Gun Fellatio Irrelevant, Saloon, Launceston Stand Defiant & Sat 9th April, 2005

By Emma McIntosh Anchor’s Away Oh my goodness! Rude bits and all, Machine Gun Fellatio made me want to touch my front... and everyone else’s fronts too. The audience was lubed up before the band even started, with some extremely naughty (but very funny) footage on the big screen during set up.

Never in all my born days did I expect the saloon to allow full on head jobs, horse fetishists, anal pumping and all manner of explicit carnal knowledge (including a traditional Chinese penis worshipping parade) to grace their screens. I must say I’m impressed.

Batman Fawkner Inn 22/4/2005

By Ryan Cooke A cold April night greeted Sydney hardcore act, Irrelevant, as they played their first ever Tasmanian show at Launceston’s Batman Fawkner Inn. After a few minor equipment dramas pre-set,

Wicked Beat Sound System Hobart Uni Bar 16/4/05

By Dane Hunnerup Since getting my hands on a copy of their acclaimed album New School Breaks a couple of years ago I have had a little eye on the WBSS. New School Breaks really ushered into Australia a groove that has predominantly been the realm of Northern Hemisphere artists like Groove Armada and Basement Jaxx, a kind of next wave from DIG and other contemporary Australian groove and jazz artists. Armed with this knowledge I had a certain excitement when I learned they would be back in Tassie having missed their highly acclaimed performance at the Telegraph street party earlier in the year.

The show opened with KK Juggy stumbling on stage with a bottle of Lindemans and a kick arse burlesque show.

lot of good bands you can really recognize a song by them, whether you’ve heard it before or not, this is the case with WBSS but strangely not in a good way. I think it has a lot to do with their chord progressions (always very similar) and the recurrence of triangle or high bell beat markers throughout their tunes. Their sound has not advanced enough for my taste.

The stage performance, whilst bolstered by their MC Kye, had an element of tiredness – you can really pick whether a band has turned their audience ‘live’ by being on a level with them, looking them in the eye and really being a part of the gig.

Whilst there were times when this was evident they often had that faraway look in their eyes which to me feels like they are marking time til they knock off work.

I hope all of this stuff doesn’t sound too negative, I have very high expectations with gigs, the WBSS gig had about 300 folks having a good time and grooving down on the dance floor.

People were having fun and it was certainly a successful gig. Congratulations must go to the Activities Council at the University for pulling off another good one. I don’t want to wade into politics but for the University folks out there – I doubt you’ll be getting good gigs so cheaply anymore – VSU will have very wide reaching impact if it goes through.

Wicked Beat Sound System scores: As a general gig – 3.5/ 5 My personal taste – 2.5/5

Devonport punk-rockers ‘Anchors Away’ hit the stage, kicking off the evening.

Strung Out, After The Flames, Stand Defiant & Strike Anywhere

A good mix of pop-punk and ‘screamo’ music got the pit going, and AA’s singer showed real stage presence, always a good sign for an up and coming act.

Huon Quays

By Ricky Lloyd

She rocked (to a backing tape), she rolled, she has a fantastic voice (impersonates a female impersonator remarkably), she took all her clothes off and showed us her pussy and it was hilarious. Trashbags Unite!

The rest of the band came on stage, then the antics snowballed and the music rocked. Choreography throughout the entire show and 46

Next on stage were Disconnect Records’ favourite sons, ‘Stand Defiant’.

As always, SD were impressive, led by everenergetic frontman Mischa and backed by drummer Jay, who was tight and fast, as always, with Reese and Kenny completing the quartet.

Last, but certainly not least, on the bill was Sydney act ‘Irrelevant’, and they wasted no time

costume changes for each member spotlighted the acid humour of the songs.

The audience even sang along. Sweat poured off our bodies in the jam packed Saloon as the MGF brand of punk-fucked up disco fused bodrevving up the crowd.

Despite early sound problems, their set was very tight, very smooth and one of the most impressive I have witnessed.

Their 35-minute set got more impressive with each of its 13 songs, guitar throwing and a wild crowd accompanied it. All in all, a fantastic gig, and easily the best of 2005 so far.

ies and minds into an orgy of collective orgasms.

Negatives? The cold chisel cover sounded just like cold chisel. There was so much smashed glass on the Saloon floor it was dangerous (mental note to designer: clubs need tables to put glasses on) and there were far too many 8 foot tall men in the audience who thought it was alright to stand in the way of my fabulous trip.

I had to get an early lift to the Uni bar and I though I’d be cooling my heels for a few hours – unawares that it was actually an early gig (from 8:30-1:30am). Fortunately for me I arrived in time to see Rob mixing up some tasty tunes and perpetrating some juicy minimal scratching – silent assassin indeed. Now for me the Uni bar has a slightly strange vibe, not to knock the space – I guess it has something to do with me being a few years older than the average crowd. Whilst it does have an oddish vibe it is suited to shows of this size and gives an air of the unexpected to the many and varied tourers that they get through the University.

As a Canberran visiting Hobart my first quest was to find the Huon Quays, not an easy task considering even most locals didn’t know it!

But once found, the small waterfront venue proved an unusual but fitting setting for the great punk to come.

After the flame were the first band to play and these young but confident boys played a strong set with heavy vocals and a mix of powerful and melodic music.

With the predominant vibe in Hobart being that people don’t go out til after 10 there was an hour and a half at the start when the main section was very sparsely populated, I was kind of suspecting it to be a poor turnout for these guys from the outset and had my doubts about the gig – at least it was entertaining watching some first year boys with way too much bling trying to pick up some young pinkies (girls). As I should have suspected, when it turned 10 people started flocking in and a steady door turn-over indicated that it was indeed going to have some punch.

Around elevenish the Wicked Beats crew took the stage, an expectant crowd started creeping up and within the first tune the dance floor had a good number bopping along. The first thing you notice with these guys is the instrumentation, nice keyboard rack, bass player with a big rig, drum kit player, computers and effects guy and the black male rapper/white female singer combo. The lineup is particularly interesting given the inherent difficulties of playing with such a line-up. Dropping computer samples that extend for the duration of the song can be dangerous if the players get out of synch, but these guys have been doing it for a while and didn’t miss a trick.

Dropping a bunch of tunes from their New School Breaks album – I Want To, Church of Al Green, Stay With Me (til dawn) etc was a hit from the start, the audience was evidence that some of these tunes had achieved anthem status and it was a good way to warm the crowd. I hadn’t previously heard the new album ‘4ormation’ which I assume the new tracks were from. Their new stuff takes bigger adventures in groove and swings between deep dub vibes, dance hall, drum n bass and even to a very Cypress Hill ‘Sinsemilla Smokers’.

Their new tunes push new boundaries for them but in a general sense not that much in the progress of new dance band sounds. I guess this was a big thing for me and this gig, with a

Next local favourites Stand Defiant hit the stage and played a tight set of their own distinctive punk rock, their liveliness and stage presence clearly got the crowd going and ready for the night.

Strike Anywhere, (from West Virginia) continued the momentum playing a great set of political punk and their fantastic stage presence combined with their awesome songs clearly shows why they are climbing the punk rock ladder.

Finally it was time for the punk veterans Strung Out. They’ve been playing for years and it showed with a flawless set. There was a good mix of old favourites and new songs – many off their new album Exile In Oblivion. Strung Out’s performance blew everyone away with its power, brilliance and energy.

Earlier in the night it had been clear that the Tassie punks were hungry for a show and this impressive punk-fest should keep them satisfied for a while yet.

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With the stars in the galaxy this month you may feel like talking the hind leg off an elephant. Try not to chat too much though as you might find it gets a tad annoying and perhaps a little repetitive for that (now three legged) elephant.

Virgo Money matters. You’ll most likely be pulling out your wallet to pay for things this month. Unless you keep your money in your purse.

In which case, you’ll probably be pulling out your purse. Or your sporran. In which case you’ll be pulling out your sporran.

Libra You’re wearing your heart on your sleeve (right where you tattooed it, next to the naked sailor girl). Your best bet at finding inner peace is on a tropical island holiday in the Swiss Alps with the Dalai Lama.

Or a sexy but mute Japanese clown.

Scorpio You might wake up in the near future and feel like being a complete and utter bastard/ cow all day. Go for it! Indulge your inner slut while you’re at it.

Although it may be hard to pull a root if you’re being a cunt.

Get Into Music Music is cool, seeing your favorite band live is the best..But why not play music yourself?.. You don’t have to be the rock star, just get into it, jam with your mates, learn to play your favorite songs, just pick up your instrument and mellow out.

Barratts have a huge range of awesome instruments at various price points, we can put you in touch with a cool teacher, and provide all the learning media like books, cd’s cdroms & DVD’s to get you going. Barratts music, get into music!

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Sagittarius Beware the lure of the forbidden stash. Yes it’s one of those months where your non-existent willpower does not exist. Don’t sell your organs on the black market just for a packet of Marlboro lights. Get reds at least.

You are thinking romance. They are thinking about pants. You just want to hold hands. They are thinking about pants. Just thinking about pants. Pants.

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Aquarius This is a month of change! Cut a hole in the crotch of your trousers and wear them as a jumper, for instance. Try a new haircut - it’s about time the flattop made a come back!

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Fruits Basket Volume 1: Natsuki Takaya

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Tohru Honda is an orphan who has taken to living in a tent in a field after being kicked out of her Grandfathers home, in order to remain in the area to fulfil the promise she made to her deceased Mother, to graduate high school.

Having to work countless hours to merely afford to pay for the school tuition, she thankfully meets classmate Yuki Sohma who offers her a place at his home, after he discovers her squatting camp on his family’s land, only to witness the aftermath her mere belongings covered by mountains of mud following the monsoon.

Once a member of the home, Tohru becomes entrusted to the deep secret of the family and the members that come and go, combat each other and change forms through human contact.

Initially difficult to follow with the back to front reading required, and the sometimes unpredictable layout,.

Fruits Basket slowly builds interest, although some may not enjoy the central romantic story line that sometimes puts the family chaos and Tohru’s quest to belong to a real family in the backseat.

Slamdunk tells the story of basketball abhorring Hanamichi Sakuragu who puts his round ball hatred aside to try and win over the girl of his dreams, b-ball mad Haruko Akagi.

Set in Japan’s Shohoko High School, Slamdunk tells the story of the naturally talented Hanamichi and the internal struggle to control his mean streak while directly confronting the hard nosed captain of the team.

Volume 1 combines nine sections to tell the first third of this trilogy and the exploits of the rising star of Shohoko High.

Author Inoue Takehiko writes/illustrates an easy to follow anime script that has great black and white graphics, although some of the characters do not actually appear of Asian descent despite the setting of Japan.

The story sometimes becomes convoluted to follow with the sub-plot of Haruko’s brother intertwined, but this will likely play a vital role in the forthcoming volumes and clarify things.

Well there’s life in us yet, over here in the wild, wild west. Just when you thought nothing ever happened in this tiny town of Zeehan, the Cecil Hotel has gazumped the pokies and shown us there is fun to be had.

A new era at the Cecil Hotel in Zeehan has been successfully kicked off with Terry Annesley’s stand-up, Australiana comedy session “Where the Wattle Blossoms Grow”. A seasoned actor/director in film, television and theatre, involved with such productions as Evil Angels with Meryl Streep and Crocodile Dundee 2, Terry Annesley brought to the people of Zeehan some great Aussie entertainment which has been well over due.

After the first interval we were served with main course of either chicken and veges, or a mixed roast of pork, beef and lamb. I could not fault the chicken and in fact it was possible the most tender chicken I have ever eaten. On sampling my partner’s roast (a couple of times) I found myself pleasantly full and ready for another glass of plonk. During main, we were touched

by Maude (Terry’s mum) Annesley’s poem, The Cross by the Trail, inspired by a photograph of a grave on the Kokoda Trail. This poem was also recited by Terry at Anzac Day in Zeehan.

After the ceremonial laying the soldier’s hat on the white cross, Terry leapt into the vigour of Rugby (the gentlemen’s game, not the other silly game). With familiar lines from the field such as “He’s mine, He’s mine, HE’S MINE....shit, I missed him” the AFL audience learned there are other games out there too.

It was a night of good food, good company

GAME REVIEW Gran Turismo 4 PS2 - Digital Polyphony

By Jason Collins

Digital Polyphony the developers of GT4 have strived to create a game that’s easy to pick up but so much harder to master and boy have they succeeded, with over 400 cars to unlock as well as multiple tracks and racetypes the longevity factor of this game is extremely high.

Brothers in Arms: Road to Hill 30 PC - Ubisoft

By Richard Page

This game really pushes the boundaries of the ps2 technology to the limit with awesome graphics killer sound and top notch gameplay.

What is your background in Acting?

It goes baack about 35 years as an actor, I’ve been in about 20 productions, I was in Evil Angels with Merryl Streep and Sam Neill, I was in a movie called Mr Reliable with Colin Freils, I was georgie Parkers father in the first production of Fire. that is just from film and television. Like most actors I would rather be in theatre, I have had about 25 lead roles. In 2002, I was named Queensland’s Director of the Year for Directing a proudciton of Les Miserables up there. I spent time as a sound recordist, doing sound recording on Crocodile Dundee 2, for the ABC television news and a couple of documentaries for the ABC and BBC. I also ran a radio program for 7 years on sport and won an award for best produced program in Brisbane.

I do The Cross by the Trail in the show and also another poem she wrote about a man called Bill Doolan. He was a driver on Ambon during the Second World War. He tied himself to a tree and with a gun and a box of hand grenades, he tried to hold off the advancing japanese so the remains of his unit, the Second 21st, could try to escape. He killed 120 Japanese before they killed him.

Australia is probably the greatest country in the world that anyone could ever live in. I am so greatful to my forebears that they decided to come to Australia. We could have ended up in South Africa or somewhere like that!

Overall I would have to say that GT4 is one of, if not the most polished well put together driving games on any system.

Digital Polyphony have done the ps2 fans proud producing a exclusive game for the system that will keep even hardcore racers amused for a very long time indeed. GT4 is as it states THE REAL DRIVING SIMULATOR, kudos to Digital Polyphony for producing a truly spectacular and technically brilliant game.

I can’t wait to see what they can do on the new playstation hardware when it becomes available. GT4 is sick! There I said it. Now can I keep playing or what?

Graphics: Gameplay: Sound: Multiplayer: Overall:

***** ***** ***** yes *****

are responsible for leading your small squad into the jaws of Normandy in WW2. Once through the initial introductory missions you assume command of three other AI solders, later in the game you will gain tanks and additional squads.

Your squad is controlled by an easy to manipulate command system that enables commands to your men such as taking cover, and firing on enemy positions.

There’s also a feature called Situation Awareness Mode, letting you view the battlefield from a rotating panoramic view. The game features three modes of difficulty and a fourth can be unlocked.

There really isn’t too much more I can say about GT4 that hasn’t already been said which is understandable with a high profile title such as this. Nevertheless I know of more than a few people who are going to buy a ps2 just simply to play this game.

GT4 is an example of what can be achieved when a dedicated software team puts in the effort to maximize their product, sporting some of the slickest graphics that have seen on ps2 so far.

After the show I interviewed Terry ...

The game uses and enemy suppression indication system like in Full Spectrum Warrior, a red circle hovers over enemy heads and turns grey as gunfire from your squad suppresses and keeps the bad guys ducking, enabling you to gain advantages like taking up a better firing position.

The sheer number of vehicles available in GT4 is amazing with every major manufacturer represented with one or more vehicles from their stable. Multiple terrain types also help to flesh out this massive game, with so much to offer including multiplayer games of up 16 players with multiple consoles and you have a seriously fun competitive party game.

Having heard so much about this game I didn’t want to get sucked in by the hype so I tried really hard not to like this game, needless to say that failed dismally.

Thank goodness for Terry Annesley who remembered, and helped us remember too.

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With this in mind Digital Polyphony have offered many features within the game such as the ability to load up your old saves from GT3 and GT4:prologue and transfer cash, cars and licenses to this new game.

Unless you’ve been under a rock or dead then you have to know that the new GT game for the PS2 has arrived with much fanfare and expectation even getting mentions in tv shows such as The Apprentice.

and above all, great Australian entertainment. It reminded us all of who we are, where we have come from and the histories that have shaped us all. If every person in Australia could experience this little ripper of a show, I truly believe that Australia would be stronger, tougher and more united than ever before, because quite frankly, I think most people have forgotten what it is to be a true blue Aussie.

Multiplayer is supported and follows a different path to standard death match with squad controlling objective based missions to play.

Weapons in the game feature the usual assortment of WW2 hardware and all have their own distinctive feel to them.

Despite the fact that World War 2 happened around sixty years ago, game developers can’t stop cashing in on this genre. Fortunately a few of these WW2 first person shooters break free of the typical run and gun style approach and offer refreshing additions to the game play, Brothers in Arms is one of these games.

Developed by Gearbox Software BIA follows the story of Sgt Matt Baker and his fellow troops of the US 101st Airborne Paratroopers, over a seven day period starting with a night time incursion on D-Day. Sgt Matt Baker is based on true veteran Sgt Harrison Summers and the game keeps some authenticity by reflecting his real life ordeals as best it can.

BIA has added tactical game play perks. Instead of playing as just one man or one man in a group, you assume the role of ‘The Man’ and

Graphics in BIA are nice looking with well animated characters and pretty environments and special effects adding to the realism and satisfying cravings for eye candy.

Sound is up to scratch as well with a suitable soundtrack and high quality battleground sound effects, also boasting very good directional sound capability so you can enjoy expletives voiced by your squad from whatever angle they may be cursing from.

Even amongst the best of its kind, BIA can hold its head high as a worthy squad based first person shooter that offers a solid experience and new features to a tiring genre.

Game play Graphics Sound Multiplayer Overall

***** **** **** yes **** 1/2

DIGITAL EQUIPMENT

By Elona Bonnici

MICROSOFT OPTICAL KEYBOARD

SIEMANS SK65

Comfort Edition

It has all the standard mobile functions and loads more. For example, the first thing u get excited about is how it has keyboard wings, or perhaps you could use it as some sort of Ninja weapon.

The keyboard is supposed to be mainly used for sending emails. Amazing - you can set up an internet connection and then be able to organise email accounts, send and receive emails, as well as go online to specific areas of the/web.

As well as that, you can set it up so that the keyboard will automatically type in Hebrew, Arabic and Latin-based text. I like this one - the Dictation feature! This will record your voice for what ever reason for up to 138 mins, so for this amount of time you could, instead of singing in the shower thinking you sound like the original artist, you could actually record yourself, play it back and realise that you sound nothing like the artist but instead like a buzzing bee, imagine that for 138 mins!

Unfortunately, though, it’s not waterproof. Another fab feature is you can actually have up to five people on the phone line at the same time.

Most definitely the Rolls Royce of keyboard luxury. Designed by ergonomic experts for ‘ enhanced comfort’.

After using it I would boast about this feature too, it actually it is really comfortable with it’s leather look hand rest, that cushions and comforts while you pound out keys on it.

Curvacious like Marilyn, yet slim lined like Kate Moss, futuristic like so 2020, it is a pleasure to use, and even made me clean my desk before I put it on my desk.

I did encounter a few blonde moments setting it up, and this was thanks to my human error of not reading instructions and not putting the batteries in the required spots....Uhhh yeah my

bad...Best features for me would have to be the design of the hand rest, the zoom feature which allows you to not pick up the mouse, you have alittle slider on the keyboard and it’s so easy, especially if you work with alot of images.

Easy access to web with the becoming increasingly popular favourites button and email and even messenger buttons, so its a mere tap tap tap and your there.

I had to keep making sure I had nothing in the way, of the mouse for it to work to its best capacity, besides that it looks hot, has killer curves and is easy on the eyes. I would reccomend it for people who use there keyboard alot, the comfort really makes a difference.

GAME REVIEW ODDWORLD: STRANGERS WRATH X-BOX

By Jason Col-

By Jason Collins like creatures which can attract enemies with their smartarse comments to skunk like creatures that make enemies vomit uncontrollably.

The gameplay is a hybrid between a third person platformer and a first person shooter and it works brilliantly. The developers of O: SW have obviously gone to a lot of trouble to make this game look sound and play so well.

With all buttons on the x box control pad being used for one function or another, control does not become an issue as the learning curve of the game slowly teaches the player different skills and abilities and the appropriate button presses until it becomes second nature almost.

Mobile phones, I wanna phone with flavour.

This Siemans SK65 is full of it.

Cool, comfortable and lots of necessary “fluff”!

God, from going from one extreme to another. I remember my first mobile it looked like and felt like a brick, you could call people and they could call you and that was pretty much all it did.

Oh so high tech, the Siemens SK65 is a Super Duper high tech mobile and you definitely can’t begin to build a wall with it , thank Christ!

BOOK REVIEW

I know that sounds a little weird but it really works well and with the abundance of humor that is in the game can lead to some pretty hilarious situations. I don’t want to go into the back story too much on this game as it really is part of the whole magic that makes this game work but here goes. You are Stranger a bounty hunter (think Clint Eastwood with a twist) on a mysterious quest. The mystery? You will have to find out for yourselves, sorry no spoilers here.

You Capture bounties using your trusty twin shot crossbow and the various forms of live ammo that you are introduced to as the game progresses, these vary from cute little chipmunk

The developers Oddworld Inhabitants are obviously passionate about the games they produce and they want the people that play their games to feel the same way. I think they have achieved this admirably in O:SW as this game drew me into its world and entertained me thoroughly to the very end. Although only single player this game is also great to watch as the story can really suck you in. Overall I would have to say O:SW is one of the best xbox titles I have played in a while and would recommend it to anyone as their next xbox game.

Graphics Gameplay Sound Multiplayer Overall

***** **** ***** No **** 1/2

I like this one the best though - the Hands Free feature, pop it on your little coffee-come-ashtray side-table and go for it, chat that is, I guess.

Light up your ciggi (for the unhealthy outcasts of society) sip on your coffee. Bloody winner I say, there are definitely a few more classy features on this Designed for Life mobile, check it out at www.siemens-mobile.com/sk65.

By Elona Bonnici

DEPECHE MODE

STRIPPED Johnathan Miller OMNIBUS PRESS

Graphics are top notch and really portray the atmosphere of the awesome story behind this game. Sound is also of equally high quality and that’s a good thing as you won’t want to miss any of Stranger’s classic one-liners and the dialogue of the characters you come across in the various towns.Those who liked the previous oddworld titles such as Abe’s Oddysee and Munch’s oddysee be warned this game is quite different to these other titles as it has no real puzzle game elements to it like Abe’s or Munch’s Oddysees. But like the titles that preceeded this game it has the same quirky humor and oddness that makes it stand out in the crowd.

From the moment I booted up O:SW I knew that it was going to be something special after all how many shooters have you played where your ammunition is actually alive.

Fortunately or perhaps unfortunately, you cannot chat at the same time - only one at a time, while the rest are on hold, so if you were a bunch of nothing to do bitchy little people you could actually gossip about one another. ”So what was that you said about Saidie? Oohh, can you just hang on a minute, I’ve just got someone on the other line.” Mmmmmmmmmm nice one, this feature would go down well in good ‘ole St.Helens or was that Summer Bay ?

The lengths the researchers have gone to through this book, tracing people back through the years is commendable, going right back to the beginning and I mean rigggggggght back.

It takes you back to a small country town to superstardom in the 80’s and the band room stories, the personal turmoils, the music, the drug addictions, and the roadlife and how the pressure of it nearly destroyed them.

You might get a little lost at the start if your not a Depeche Mode Fan, the writing is very concentrated and the best bits by far are the interviews, especially the one with Vince Clarke answering that question, the bomb ...why did he leave the band?.

Every one gives their opinion on why they think he left, very blunt and honest book, giving the reader an inside view into the world of these synth stars.

Depeche Mode, the most popular synth act of all time. It’s been said that 35 million albums were sold world wide, and Depeche Mode said “Were flying high, we’re watching the world go by”, and then they wrote it down and titled it Stripped.

Some good pictures in the book, and I guarantee you will sigh and say “ Sooooo 80’s “, the 80’s rock culture was certainly an era that was plagued with drug abuse, and you’ll read about the lead singers Dave Gahan’s deadly heroin addiction, a journey of triumph.

SPOTLIGHT HONG KONG FILMMAKER

Bey Logan

By Danny Canak industry since the hand over of Hong Kong to China from Britain?

No. I think if you were a really political film maker, it might have been a little tricky, if you were political in the sense that you wanted to yell at China, but I don’t know many film makers that have that aspiration. If anything, its improved, because of a slow opening up to the China market for our films. And there’s been increased investment from China in Hong Kong films. if there has been any change, it’ been of benefit, contrary to what people might think.

MUSIC VIDEO UK HANKY PANKY BEHIND THE SCENES

By Elona Bonnici

You’re not just saying that ‘cause they might be tapping your phone?

Well, there is that as well, but if that is the case, I’m sure other people will tell you the same thing. No negative impact on the industry.

I’ve read that your first film job was as line producer for a chinese film in Europe. is that your first memory of being involved in film production?

That’s absolutely right. i was very lucky. A friend of mine recommended me for the job. The company was looking for somebody living in England, so I worked on that. “Guns and Roses” was the name of the film and I was hooked. I did other things, in between, but had the ambition of getting back into film production. Finally, I had to move to Hong Kong to do that.

How old were you when you got that first job?

I was in my late twenties, early thirties. I’d been running magazines and various things related to film, without actually getting into production. I’d always had the idea of wanting to get involved in the business, but didn’t know how to go about it or, specifically, what job I was going to do.

How did your career evolve? i came to Hong Kong and was hired to help out at a film company. My position was helping out re-writing english dialogue on a chinese language film. Then writing more and more of the script. Pushing forward as a script writer I realised that the writers didn’t really have any power over how the film was made. So, I decided to go into producing as well. It was really a question of finding specific people in Hong Kong, who had specific skill sets. They knew about Hong Kong films, but they didn’t have an international perspective. I’d go in and work with them and expand the film, from just a local movie to making it more of an international film. from that perspective, being a Westerner, although one who speaks chinese and understands the chinese mentality, was a big plus. People gave me a chance, whereas a chinese person mightn’t have found it as easy. I’d say I’d come in and give them an international viewpoint and people believed that. So, initially it was matter of finding a project to jump onboard with and now I’m developing my own stuff, from the ground up.

Are you walking around, while talking to me?

No, does it sound like that?

It’s just that the line goes fuzzy every now and then?

I know it’s not great in this office.

Maybe the government is tapping your phone?

Yeah, it’s possible, finding some good stuff about the local industry.

Hong Kong films are known for their action and martial arts. To what extent is that a stereotype?

That’s still the core industry of Hong Kong, to do action movies. I think we have to keep that going. It’s what the overseas market thinks of when they think of Hong Kong. If we move too far away from that, entirely, it’d be a mistake. But, there are other kinds of films that get made here, like comedies and romances and artistic films, but it’s still our bread and butter and I think we should stick to that. Those are the films that I really enjoy making and the ones I’m sticking to at the moment. It is a cliche, but its a cliche that’s borne out by the truth. It’s what people want to see from Hong Kong. Action.

Has there been much of a change in the

As far as I can see, Hong Kong has been the most successful of the asian cinema industries, in terms of box-office success in the west. To what extent did British colonisation of Hong Kong been an element in that success?

I think it’s been essential. I think you had American film making filtered through a Chinese sensibility. And also, as you had in Hollywood, you had, here, a star-making process, where people become superstars. Look at the Korean film industry now. It’s great. They’ve made great films and TV mini-series, but, in the western market, I defy anybody to name a single Korean actor. But we can develop real stars, in a Hollywood kind of way. Not only that, but you had a British colony with all this cross-pollination of culture, so the cinema has a Hollywood aspect to it, filtered through the chinese experience.

Whereas Korea, it’s just Korea. It’s Korean film makers making Korean films for Korean people.

Without a westernizing aspect, it’s hard for a film to travel.

Tasmania has a couple of animation companies, but no film industry. What is the first thing we should work on to develop a film industry here?

My granddad was from Tasmania, so I feel some affinity for Hobart. I think the first thing you have to do is that if you’ve got facilities, you’ve got to tell people that you’ve got the facilities and you can produce something cheaper than its going to cost you, elsewhere. That was another big thing for Hong Kong. production costs are very cheap.

And if we haven’t got facilities, then we need to create those.

That’s right.

You’ve worked a lot with jackie Chan in the past. Can you give us a quick insight to the man and as an actor and director?

I’d say that with Jackie, what you see is what you get. He is genuinely a nice guy. He’s a nice guy on camera and a nice guy off camera. That’s the person he is. People ask me about him and I tell them that you can’t fake a persona 24 hours a day, and I’ve worked with him around the clock. He’s just a nice guy. Very nice, very easy to get along with, very hard working and very focussed. Couldn’t say enough good about him.

Action films are enjoyed, mostly, by male audiences. How can they be made to appeal more to female audiences?

I think there’s slow movement toward that. Films like, “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon” and “House of Flying Daggers,” that women tend to like a bit more because of the female protagonists. So, I think that’s one aspect that should be addressed and is being addressed. The other thing, and it’s something we’re trying to do with Dragon Squad is to bring some romantic elements, to have a love story as well as the action, which tends to be what the audience likes. If you’ve got a female audience for a film where people are just fighting and killing each other, girls tend to be turned off by that. if you introduce some romance as well, that’s the key.

Get the “studly” guys, some lovely girls, some romance and some action.

As a screenwriter, is there some theme that you find recurring in your films?

I think so. For me it’s always East meets West, because that’s my experience eery day. So, I always find, when I look at the story-line, it’s always about East meets West and the clash of these two cultures, which is really fascinating to me in real life, so it crosses over when I’m writing a film. Either looking for material or eschewing a response it’s always about the clash between these two cultures. The clash and also the common ground.

We are the first of the featured actors to arrive, and sit back to relax with coffee and breakfast that was set out. Oh music video catering,(batts eyelashes) already I’m thinking I am a diva...

As the 20 or so other featured actors and actresses started walking in, girls with corsets, fetish lingerie, elegant black dresses, latex gothic high priestes’s, punk princesse’s, gothic matron’s, indie models, glam models, school boys, dread boys, cute boys, gay boys, bi- boys,

Art Exhibition IKONOCLASM May 6th to May 31st Laen Deakin + Drew Morgan Highfield Gallery Elizabeth St. Opens 6:30pm Fri 6th May They opened the bar, and as you can imagine by 2pm, we were alittle bit smashed but hey there were some big scenes coming up, we had to be hyped!!!....Ok actually on film sets there is a hell of alot of waiting around, when they put us in the bar, we had no choice but to party....

They came down the stairs screaming for I Dare apparently they needed her again, the star requested our own Tasmanian vixen for another scene, and then they called us all for the dancefloor scene with the other extras, so off we all went. Back up stairs where 180 faces were staring at us as we came from the underground, to party on the dance floor, bodies were close, sweaty, camera’s hovered, we had to throw Talk Show Boy around the crowd, not a problem we could do that, as well as try to get our heads in as many scenes as possible...As you do.

high boys....laughs just thought I would throw that one in there. The energy started to build as crews worked and buzzed, lightening people hovered and managers, directors, models , actors and make-up artists, mingled and worked until the club become a hive of activity and it was’nt even 9 am yet.

Firstly they asked who the brave soldiers were amongst us, who would be doing the kissing scenes. I was abit of no go here, seeing as there was nobody I would of liked to kiss here,( is that selfish?, does that mean I am secretly a sleazy actor?.. probably) so I didn’t offer any lip service.

So they orginised the boys that would kiss girls, the girls that would kiss girls, the boys that would kiss boys and, after all that was orginised they began to shoot the first scene.

Enter Jesus and the Devil, Talk show boy and our own main actor I Dare, whose first scene was to throw talk show boy in between the devil and Jesus...If you know Talk Show Boy you know how painfully skinny he is, good old Tasmanian vixen kind of threw him alil too hard and he went flying...but when you see him, you’ll see why that’s not hard to do..Anyway I heard him say later..that he kind of liked it!

After all the featured actors shooting some intimate dance floor scenes, it was time for lunch and by 1.00pm , we had all bonded , sweated , grooved and kissed and restrained, so we were feeling pretty friendly and all went to the pub across the road for drinkies...As you do..

On our return, we were told we would be seperated from the other 180 extras that would be arriving , so they led us down into the skinny, bar which reminded me of a tight little cuban bar.

By now it was 6pm and we had to go to the Old Melbourne Jail for exterior shots. Annaliese an indie model, who is acting in Charlotte’s Web , drove like a true Melbourne native, G-unit blaring, bass pounding to Gavins House where we quickly touched up. Shine darling must get rid of the shine, and headed off to the Old Melbourne Jail. Cold, freezing, we stood and waited until they arrived, must of been quite a scene to people driving by, as girls in corsets, and gothic boys, and glams huddled infront of the jail.

Now to a famous little Alley in Melbourne’s back streets, more exterior scenes, more walking to the club scenes, and slight delirum by now its

nearly midnight and we have been here since 7 am, so as you can imagine everyone was alittle hazy with nearly 17 hours of being on set.

Finally it was finished, time for the after party, walked past a US police car and we tried to get our heads in the background of Nicholas Cage’s new movie, but decided on drinking some more at Cherry...That turned out to be more fun and well deserved. We are just waiting for the Launch now, and if your thinking just for the party....Your dead right...” Where are my blue M&M”S goddammit!!!”......

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By Elona Bonnici

What exactly did you do for them?

Greg: Played bass on tracks. I did the song.

“Hell yeah” remix featuring Jay Z. which was nominated for “The Source” awards Best remix for 2004... It didn’t win though Congratulations on that I’ve recorded about a dozen tracks for Dead Prez, as bassist.

Yeah and engineering wise? Or are you strictly a traditional musician?

Depends on the project - some projects, I’m playing a larger role in the overall production sampling, building the beats. Dropping bass.

And even keys. Others. It’s collaboration.

Other times. I get a call. . And asked to listen to there samples. And drum patterns. And I find my unique groove. And fit it in. my voice.

Car: Make/Model: 1991 Toyota Celica SX Name: Adam Turner Colour/Paint: Red

What do you think has been a moment in the music evolution that you have witnessed?

Do you enjoy producing?

My experiences. Span several generations.

From the early era of hip hop. And the vintage sounds of soul I head on my parents records... to the live warmth of roots reggae. The Philly sound you hear coming out through “touch of soul” jazzy Jeff’s crew. With James Poyser and the roots. Lauryn’s sound... which combines roots reggae. And 70’s soul. Even the things you hear coming out of Alicia Keys... Eryka. We are all peers. We are from the same generation.

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Rubber: 215/35/18

For about 8 years.

Seats: Bucket seats

How did you get started?

I got my first job at Sims in Launceston when

Trim: Cloth

I was 18.

Steering Wheel: Momo

Where have you worked before?

Sims, Carbon & Syrup.

Sound System: Pioneer, 2 X 12" Subs What do you enjoy most about bartending?

Exhaust: 2 1/2 Inch

Working with a great team of people and looking after punters who appreciate what you

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And Dislikes?

Sore feet.

What are some of your favourite licenced

Name: Rachael Fidler

premesis?

The Ice Bar in Finland because its very cool.

Age: 19 What is your favourite drink?

Occupation: Hairdresser

What drink do you like to most to make and why?

A 'Dirty Pirate Hooker' because its dirty, sweet

How did you get started? This is my first car

& cheap, second to a 'Sweaty Betty' That is.

Why did you buy/modify this car? Last year

Describe your ultimate Bar: Pool Side, somewhere tropical with big tips.

How did you pay for it? Loan Have you had a bartending mentor or someone you admire in the industry?

Woody from cheers because simple is most

How fast have you taken it? 17khm/h How many points have you got left on your licence? 10

No doubt.

You think Lil Kim would be at the Grammy’s with just pastie’s on her nipples. Would happen without it? Porn is available in any hotel. And any home. And it’s provided by the largest mainstream US companies.... like Warner communications. Cablevision. And others.

The same companies that release music.

Porn artists. And rap stars. Socializing at the same events. In NY and LA... and appearing in each other’s videos. Treach from Naughty

By Nature is a porn star now. That’s his career. Most black porn stars. Are close to rap artists. Like Lil Jon... And others. I can go on and on.

And have you ever been lured Gregory? (laughing) Into pornography? Not as a career choice, love.

boyfriend is into them

How fast will it go? 200km/h

And that has influenced music how?

Moscow Mule

When did you first get into cars? My

How much have you spent? $8000

Changes within myself. And in the industry.

I suppose I have been around long enough to see the impact of technology in music.

On the marketing of hip hop, tback oo. To see the impact of black music and culture in the world. The “black aesthetic” in art. Like Jean Michel Basquiat... Black rock like Lenny Kravitz... Reggae....and the globalization of Bob Marley as a figure for human rights... the rise and fall of hip hop. The impact of cross over... like Dre’ and Emenem.... blah blah blah. Fashion.. Internet .The mainstream of porn... too.

often best.

What makes a great bartender?

Competency, speed, stamina, product knowledge & a good memory.

Advice for aspiring bartenders?

Get to know alcohol...well, very well!

Insurance cost? Expensive To make things better, Tassie bars should What's next for this car? I actually want to sell

have more...?

it so I can upgrade

Glass

What's your ultimate, dream car? Mini

And less?

Cooper S

Plastic

Laughs Do I know people who have been in the porn industry. At one time or another. Sure. Haven’t we all met someone? “Working their way through law school” as a “dancer” hehehe. It’s not my scene baby. But it isn’t a big leap from go go dancing to porn...or to music videos....

For me. I’m more into the roots scene. The neo soul vibe. Even in my consumption of hip hop. So it’s never been something I have been drawn too... that other side of thing... more misogynist, the bling bling side my hip hop. Of my youth was Public Enemy, bdp... and Tribe Called Quest.

What did you think of the beef between JA and fifty seeing as you were working with Fifty cent?

I don’t really get into any of that beef shit.

It’s not my flow... I’m the silent dred...that comes in with his bass. And drops tracks... and builds beats. I could care less about that beef shit. I think its all about selling records.

Fighting over money... and fame. I don’t need that shit.

Isn’t that part of the bling bling?

It never interested me in the first place...

What hip hop artists have you worked with?

Dead Prez, G- Unit

Yeah we come from the age of vinyl as opposed to strictly digital, got more soul..

We grew up digging Led Zeppelin... Hendrix.

Miles Davis. Tribe called quest. Bob Marley.

Burning Spear. Public enemy... yes. Vinyl.

True. Infact. It’s a signature sound you hear on Gordon William productions. We sample a scratchy record. And use it on the entire track I do love the familiar sound of scratchy vinyl..

You hear it on Lauryn Hill’s miseduction. You hear it on some Wyclef stuff. Leelah James.

Amy Winehouse.

Do ever get inspired to work with people who are up and coming as opposed to established, Greg?

I work with up and coming artists. Yes. I try to support artists in different scenes than the NY scene. I work in Europe for that very reason Like who?

Also with a St. Croix based reggae label too.

To help internationalize the reggae scene.

Beyond just what is coming out of Jamaica. I even convinced other Burning Spear alumni.

To work with these same artists.

Ok I’ve worked with a studio called. De Pianiofabrek. In Brussels. Promoting Belgium based ragga and hip hop. The reggae label is www.igraderecords.com yahadanai, abja, and other artists. In Europe I worked on Amy Winehouse’s debut. On island records.

“Frank” Do you enjoy that as much as creating and performing?

Performing live is totally different. And for me, I’m digging the studio scene a bit more these days than live stuff. But I always love the live stuff. In the music industry though, earning residual income is the name of the game.

Publishing. Live stuff, s a musician is earning small money. And no residuals... so it’s hard to pay bills that way.

So how was working with Lauryn hill and on what tracks?

I toured for Burning Spear a couple of years.

And during that time. I met Lauryn and her boyfriend Rohan while I called NJ home.

We met in church. Actually and had mutual friends. So often, Rohan Marley would be at my house with his guitar. And drums. And we’d jam out on music. Or I would be up at the house he shared with Lauryn Hill... doing the same thing. When I left on tour. . I would keep in touch. And sometimes would bump into his brother kymani. While in Europe. His band opened up for us a few times. In France.

When I was off the tour, Lauryn was already working on her next record Do you do lyrics?

Naaw baby. I don’t Strictly a music man?

For the most part. Yeah.

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88 Tour

By Jimmy McMacken Photos By Lewis Carney

Peter Hewitt( one of the gnarliest bowl skaters in the world) was chewing at the bit to skate the West Hobart Bowl. The concrete started to dry up outside and knowing Tassies tempremental weather, I bullied the troops into the van as quick as I could. Another thing you can set your watch by in skateboarding (especially in Tassie) is the bad weather when your most amped to skate. Rain started falling as we stepped out of the car. Hewitt stalked around the beast, sussing out potential lines, while everyone else stood around in awe at what everyone was calling one of the rarest bowls in the world. Anticipation was in the air but a river was forming in the bowl and the day was looking bleak. We headed into North Hobart at the request of Subway from a couple of the guys while the rest of us headed of for more civiised bakery treats. The rain was falling heavier and the day starting to look like a right off. It was time for abit of inside networking.

The call goes out and of all places apparently Kettering skatepark (with a massive 10 foot vert wall) is dry, so we head south.

Sure enough its dry and a nice park session in ensues. Mallory immediatley starts attacking the place with his casual style, as does everyone else. Webb starts attacking the vert wall like a nutter( a glimpse of whats to come later at the demo) and Lance Conklin( 88 Team manager) an ex pro from back in the Powell Peralta days, is ripping some old school lines and a photo gets taken (work time). Kettering skate park is in a beautiful spot, with water views and everyone lapped up the Tassie beauty and got into a relaxed session.

“The 88 foot wear team is comeing to town, do you mind picking them up from the airport?” I was asked. Gee I might have to think about that for a while. Do you want to pick up Kristian Svitak and Peter Hewitt, two of the hardest fucks in skateboarding-two of my all time heroes? Did I want to pick up Corey Duffel, pretty much the hottest talent around and skateboardings answer to Axel Rose. Did I want to pick up JT Aultz and Adrian Mallery two of the freshest and smoothest young guys in the world of skateboarding. Did I want to pick up the rest of the 88 entourage, which basicly consists of nutcases, old pros and dirt bags masquerading as cameramen and team managers from the airport? Um gee let me think about that. “Yeah sure shouldn’t be a problem”.......

I arrived at the airport on Sunday morning to a mess of weary skateboarders. Traveling down the coast of Australia had taken its toll on urban warriors. Rumors had been circulating that Duffel had a broken arm and in true rock star fashion he rocked up with two. JT Aultz was also supporting a heavy sling and would be out for the rest of the tour. So they were down to three.

First stop was the hotel-the wonderfull woolstore. Couldn’t check in, so they dumped their bags and we took the boys down to our infamous Salamanca. As a whole skateboarders are pretty tight. So we wandered around looking for cheap eats and the ended up settling on Barcelona for beers and burgers.Over lunch the keen tourists drilled us for potential skate spots. ‘Are there any full pipes, banks etc’ were the kind of questions we were hammered with.So with fuel in our bellies it was time to go skate.The life of a professional skateboarder seems like a glamorous one,but in reality 90% of the time is spent sitting around dirty streets, spending an hour trying to get a photo for some shitty magazine and getting kicked out, so this is what we set

out to ‘get some work done’. We checked a few spots around the city and skated a little bit, a few ideas were thrown around, but not much seemed to be happening, so we hit the Eastern Shore.Rosebay High was the first place to check out a couple of big rails.It was obvious young Adam Mallory was ready to tackle some big shit but nothing we found was quite happening.

Ok next spot. So we drive to Lindisfarne and hit up a loading dock at a local supermarket, immediately this spot is a hit by everyone. Adrian and Kristian immediately start skating this spot and everyone else gets their junk food fix (well for JT it was a big slice of watermelon) at the supermarket. This spot was pretty much a big kicker, with a grindable metal edge running up one side of it. Mallory started locking into backside,crooks up it straight away and Svitak was doing 50-50’s, 180 out and trying frontside 360’s. The session got going and local George Newsholme stomped the sweetest frontside flip in true George style. After stomping a few crooked grinds it was time for Mallory to get a photo(work time). In true skateboarding fashion, (you could almost set your watch by it). As soon as the cameras and flashers are set up and everything is ready to go, out comes the friendly shop owner to ask us to fuck off. Luckly the 88 guys are used to this, so after a little bit of gentle persuasion, we get the “ 5 more minutes”, and thats all it takes. Adrian nailed the trick, boys got the photo, and up went the call” next spot”.

Head to the Bowen Bridge to a wall ride. Everyone seems pretty happy with this spot straight away. Good views of the river for those not skating and a mellow spot, with a low kickout factor for those who are. Local Eddo starts out the session with some nice wallrides that gets everyone feeling it. Joel Webb (team manager) starts flying around, Svitaks trying ollies up to front wall rides, Mallory ripping as usual, and even Duffel is hitting it up. So we hang out for a while, Corey and JT skimmed rocks and asked wierd American questions about Tassie tigers and mass Aboriginal suicides, while Kristian got busy doing massive frontside wallrides. The crew got to work and the photos and footage were gathered. Darkness started to set in so it was back to the Woolstore and the comforts of a nice hotel.

We headed down to the wharf to give these seppos a taste of good old Tassie seafood. On a suprisingly barmy Tassie night, we sat dockside and ate an assortment of as fresh as it comes, Tassie seafood from Flippers. The tourists were suitably impressed and we headed back to hotel for beers and a pay Tv session featuring the Texas Chainsaw Massacre and Dumb and Dumber.

Monday we are woken to the inevitable dodgy Tassie weather. It was wet, but drying up and

Back to the city, the gods are smiling and the weather is good. To the bowl we go. The session kicks off and everyone is charging around.

Hewitt attacks the place like a bulldog. After a while its work time again and the cameras come out. A frontside invert goes down( fuckin gnarly) everyone cheers and its off to the demo. By this time the guys are running an hour late and people seemed to have mysteriously disappeared. Svitak and Mallory rock up to the demo, with no supporting cast and everything seems a little scattered. The boys start cruising around the park, warming up with the help of the Red Herring crew (Brendon Hill, Laif Johannson and yours truly) and the demo slowly starts to take shape. Svitak starts proceeding with a back heel up the penny gap and proceeds to kill this obstacle. Mallory oozes style as he cruises around the park. After not too long Joel Webb and the injured support cast turn up and the energy levels of the skaters and the crowd seems to rise a l;ittle bit. Svitak started to go to town with a backside 360 nose grab over the kicker and front blunts down the ledge, but it was Joel who was tearing the bag and showing the kiddies how an old fucker does it. If I had a dollar for every person who asked me “whos that guy rip-

ping in the red T-shirt, that looks like someones dad” I would have been a rich man. He blitz the place with gaps and lines that hadn’t been seen at the EC skate park before.

The demo went on into dusk and after that it was time for product to be thrown out and little kids to get trodden on. Then it was signage time and it was amazing to see how many crew were stoked just to shake the hand and have photos with some of there idols, like Corey Duffel, even if he was injured.

The kids were fully blown away to be meeting him and it was humbling to see how stoked and honoured Duffel and the other guys were to hang out with these kids.

After that it was back to North Hobart for food and pharmacy aid for the older guys. This is were I said goodbye to a bunch of mellow dudes, all with very different and unusual personalities that had somehow in just two days had become my friends.

This story is basically about a bunch of guys hanging out for a couple of days, most of them in a strange land, trying to skate. I wish I had stories of drunken tomfoolery and rockstar antics, but as out-there as these guys appear in videos and adverts, they're just young guys obsessed with skateboarding. That was all we did. I hope those who met and saw their idols were as amped as I was.

I know that everyone I talked to was just happy to be in the presence of their heroes. This was one of the most high profile teams to ever come down to Tassie, and lets hope its a sign of more to come.

Shout outs to Kwala and Red Herring for bringing these guys down.

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Dustin Hollick

By Jimmy McMacken Photos By Stuart Gibson

I caught up with the Austin Powers of Tassie surfing for a beer and a chat about big waves etc.

So whats your full name and age etc?

It’s Dustin Ameal Dollin (laughing). 27. Born in Ballarat and moved to Tassie when I was 12.

And this is home?

Yeah Cliffy's home. Lived there for about 15 years but been travelling away for about 7 or 8 of those years.

So where else have you lived in those years?

Lived on the Goldie. North Coast N.S.W, South Coast N.S.W, Vicco, spent a bit of time in W.A and S.A. Just travelling aroud checking it all out.

So how old were you when you started doing that?

16. Moved out of home at 16. Moved to Torque and worked there at Ripcurl for a few years then moved to Byron and became a hippy for a few years. (laughs) Just munged out in Byron. I was like, fuck this, I am over working. i was only 18 (laughing).

So did you have a sponser at that stage?

Yeah I was sponserd by Ripcurl. I have been sponsered by them 4 years.

How old were you when you got on to them?

Like 13 or 14 or something.

Yeah sick.

D: Yeah. They always looked after me they were sick.

So are you still with them now?

No I’m with Cult. I moved to them a couple of months ago, because there giveing me a bit of cash (laughs). Ripcurl never gave me cash, so...

What do you do?

Is this the first time you are making cash out of surfing?

Yeah out of sponsers it is. I have made a bit of money out of comps before but never from a sponser. Ripcurl gave me a job though which was cool but you know I couldn’t be fucked working, I was 16-17 you know.

So where do you work now?

At Avis at the airport. Its cruisy. Iv’e worked manual labour my whole life apart from Ripcurl and I just got over it. I can hardly even move my left arm any more (rolls over his right shoulder). (pissing myself laughing) Thats your right bro!

Ha ha ha that ones fucked as well.

So where do surf down here?

(Gets stoked) we surf every where. Cliffy, Rebounds, Shippys, Ubina and Remarks. I like going to the Cape to.

So you get plenty of waves? People seem to be wingeing about no waves.

Nah man Tassie cooks. Youve just got to be willing to spend the coin to get around. I spen at least 300$ a week chasing the surf and I only get a couple of days off. Last weekend we drove to the East Coast one day and the West Coast the next. It was like fuck, coverd about a thousand k’s, but you have a good time! And thats why I live here, and I think thats why Jye (Johansson) and the Holmers (James and Tyler Holmer Cross) live here to because it’s just different. It’s all about full on missions with your mates and a few beers.

Injuries from surfing?

Yeah, broken legs and ribs and had a million stitches all over my body (starts laughing).

The funniest was when I broke my leg. It just snapped it and it looked like a sock with wet sand in the bottom just swaying around. So I’m in the water yelling to Holmer for help. At the time we were always fucking with each other, yelling shark etc, so Holmer thinks I am joking.

He’s telling me to fuck off. So I finaly catch a wave in and have to lie in the waters edge why my leg floated back and forth next to me. A real dodgy one was on the outer Island on Indo. I came up with my leg all gashed up. And we were asking around if any one can stitch me up and this dodgy Doctor comes out of the bush

with dirt and shit on his hands and he’s rubbing his hands together, all evil and shit, and he starts getting ready. At the time there were all these hot chicks on the Island, which is unusual for an outer Island, but they wouldn’t talk to us because we are skanky surfers. Well, they come running over to this Doctor going no no no and it turns out they were medical students from Germany and they had the full medical kit. Me and Gibbo ended up boning them which was good (laughs).

Many injuries from big waves?

D: Nah not realy from big waves (laughs), I mean sometimes you think you are going to drown but your really no where near it.

Have you had many close calls?

I’ve had afew times where I’ve thought “fuck i’ve been down here a long time”. If you have time to start thinking that, thats when you shit. And at the same time you are getting ragdolled (gets excited). Its actualy wicked. It’s like being on a roller coaster.

(I piss my self laughing) So how often does shippys work?

Ah fuck, lately, every week.

Many crew surf?

Well it used to be that you were hell searching to find a crew to surf it. But the last few times it’s broke it’s been a bit smaller and about 20 crew have been out.

How’s that?

Well it sucks a bit but I guess its sort of good for us cause theres heaps of photographers and video guys around.

How do you feel about Ross Clarke Jones and that comeing down and getting coverage. (pauses) It’s cool in a way. Helps us push the envolope. But in away it sucks because not wanting to bag anyone out, but a lot of local guys surf it better than them, but they have all the money. Jet skis and boats and stuff.

So you got the front cover of one of Australias most high profile surf mags. Do you want to talk about that?

You got to be happy with that (laughs) obviously.

I’ll get some money from my sponser which is a good thing. It’s good for us having Gibbo (photographer) down here. As much as he’s a fucking tool (laughs).

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Karaoke Queens Legendary and shockingly funny drag queens, Doreen and Monique return to The Saloon to host the state finals of the Wintersun Karaoke competition on the 20th of May, upstairs in The Loft. Be there to to experience a little bit of Sydney on home turf.

The Casanovas both playing in St Kilda at dif-

Melbourne rock and roll. The other two bands

longer have under the proposed legislation and

ferent venues, The Lucksmiths playing in Rich-

on that night also have albums coming out this

find out what impact on the clubs and societies

mond and a group of up and coming Australian

year. Sydney’s Faker have been around for a

you are involved with.

bands, End Of Fashion, Faker and Daughter

few years and the sound they produce in the

Boy Jao playing in Northcote. I ended up going

“in” “New Wave” sound reminiscent of Morris-

Melbourne always has up and coming new

to Northcote and having a really good night.

sey and The Cure.

bands so it’s always good to get along to

The Melbourne rock and roll community is quite

Much is expected from the End of Fashion’s

you can find a good act to go and see.

the gigs early ‘cause you may end up seeing the next “Jet” or “Dallas Crane” before they

close and you will often see member of other

become huge. It was at a Dallas Crane gig last

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year that I first came across 67 Special.

casion I was quite surprised to see members of Dallas Crane.

They were the first support on the night and they outshone the main support and better

The lead singer out of Daughter Boy Jao had

known band “The Cops”. When Dallas Crane

made some not so positive comments about

thanked there supports it was noticeable that

Dallas Crane and Davey Lane on a website only

67 Special got a larger cheer and when they

a few days earlier.

played there less people were present.

Mach Pelican This Month at a Dan Brodie gig I saw two less Rocket Science

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of these days at Monash University I was lucky enough to see Perth Band “The Panda Band”.

Are we going to see an Oasis / Blur band rivalry

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to, out of the 40 odd rock & roll shows on that

two or three times I’ve seen them I have really

starting in Melbourne? I doubt it, Daughter Boy

Unfortunately the outdoor setting for a gig is

been impressed. They would fit into the genre

Jao just aren’t good enough to match it with

never the best, a close intimate pub is always

of Alt-Country, though much closer to the Alter-

Melbournes finest live rock and roll band, and

better, but a free gig is a free gig and The

native side than the Country side.

from the record sales of there recently released

Panda Band showed that they are one to watch

debut album it looks like Daughter Boy Jao

out for.

may be a flop signing for Virgin/EMI as well!

night.

I cut down the list to Machine Gun Fellatio and

They haven’t released anything yet but of the

In the coming weeks quite a few Melbourne bands have there debut albums coming out, my

For all you students go along to the VSU days

diary will be full! The more gigs I go to the more

It would Appear Daughter Boy Jao are the odd

and find out for your self how VSU will affect

bands I love, and the more I gigs I want to go

ones out when it comes to the community of

you. See what services your University will no

to, it’s a curse, its Melbourne.

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By Elona Bonnici Launceston is home to local designer and retro revamper Alita Graziano. Her designs speak for themselves, as that’s how I managed to track her down, after all the talk on the street of this one particular jacket... that Alita made.

DJ Back Room as John Doe and Tique-Lily. Graziano says, “I tend to look for what is not in fashion, and bring back what should be - like putting the guy’s look on girls, and then revamping it, in a feminine way”. Graziano designs are individual and don’t follow suit, she is inspired by a variety of styles until she finds the look she requires. When asked if Tasmanians should lift their game fahsion-wise..Graziano sighes, ”Oh My Goodness....as she shakes her hair... I want to re-vamp Tasmanian fashion” she laughs.

This modified leather jacket boasts rock n roll’s favourite pirate baby boy, the skull and bones.

Zippers and badges and Alita agreed , she often hears cries of “ I want to rip that jacket off you,“ whenever she wears it.

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Her “Burn Supre Burn” motto comes from her utter disgust against mass production, and she agrees that slave labour in fashion sweat shops is not nice. Graziano believes that people should understand the need to part with a little more cash for hand made, and individually designed pieces...after all, originality is priceless!

Graziano loves to work with chiffons, sheer feminine fabrics, to street wear sass that can hold it’s own, on any fashion strutting street. Put Tasmania on the map for fashion?

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